Burrowing: a sensitive behavioural assay, tested in five species of laboratory rodents.
In the burrowing test, mice or rats spontaneously empty a tube filled with food pellets, gravel or other substances. The test is extremely simple to perform, the apparatus is inexpensive and readily constructed. It exploits a natural rodent behaviour, provides quantitative data under controlled labo...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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