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Stage 1 Registered Report: Refinement of tickling protocols to improve positive animal welfare in laboratory rats

Rat tickling is a heterospecific interaction for experimenters to mimic the interactions of rat play, where they produce 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalisations (USV), symptoms of positive affect; tickling can improve laboratory rat welfare. The standard rat tickling protocol involves gently pinning the rat...

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Autores principales: Bombail, Vincent, Brown, Sarah M., Martin, Jessica E., Meddle, Simone L., Mendl, Michael, Robinson, Emma S.J., Hammond, Tayla J., Nielsen, Birte L., LaFollette, Megan R., Vinuela-Fernandez, Ignacio, Tivey, Emma K.L., Lawrence, Alistair B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9811030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636473
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.125649.2