Environmental enrichment prevents pup mortality in laboratory mice
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Pup mortality in laboratory mice – infanticide or not?
BACKGROUND Despite being the most commonly used mammal in biomedical research, problems with perinatal mortality in mice have received little attention and the causes of pup death are still poorly known. Females are often housed alone with their litters and since the lost pups are generally eaten, it is commonly assumed that the mother has killed them. However, more detailed observations than h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Animals
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0023-6772,1758-1117
DOI: 10.1177/0023677218777536