To Group or Not to Group? Good Practice for Housing Male Laboratory Mice
It is widely recommended to group-house male laboratory mice because they are ‘social animals’, but male mice do not naturally share territories and aggression can be a serious welfare problem. Even without aggression, not all animals within a group will be in a state of positive welfare. Rather, ma...
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MDPI AG
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Animals |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/7/12/88 |