Effects of housing density in five inbred strains of mice.

To evaluate the effect of increased mouse density in a cage, mice were housed at the density recommended by the 1996 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and at densities that were approximately 2, 2.6, and 3 times greater. Five strains of mice (129S1/SvImJ, A/J, BALB/cByJ, C57BL/6J, and...

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Main Authors: Judith L Morgan, Karen L Svenson, Jeffrey P Lake, Weidong Zhang, Timothy M Stearns, Michael A Marion, Luanne L Peters, Beverly Paigen, Leah Rae Donahue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962340?pdf=render