The impact of bedding volumes on laboratory mice

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• 作者：Jennifer Freymann ; ^{freymann@tierschutzzentrum.de} ; Ping-Ping Tsai ^{tsai@tierschutzzentrum.de} ; Helge Stelzer ^{stelzer@tierschutzzentrum.de} ; Hansjoachim Hackbarth ^{hackbarth@tierschutzzentrum.de}
• 关键词：Bedding volume ; Mice ; Preference test ; Body temperature ; Corticosterone ; Food intake
• 刊名：Applied Animal Behaviour Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：186
• 期：Complete
• 页码：72-79
• 全文大小：880 K
• 卷排序：186

文摘

Group-housed male mice preferred cages containing larger bedding volume. Shallow bedding seemed to encourage nest-building behaviour in mice. Mice housed on deeper bedding had higher body temperatures during resting phase. Bedding volume, sex and strain affected food conversion efficiency and food intake. Deep bedding appears to reduce corticosterone levels in female mice.