[Laboratory breeding of the red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae)].

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Laboratory matings were attempted to establish breeding colonies of red-backed voles (Clethrionomys rufocanus bedformidae) as experimental animals. For these mating, 10 pairs of red-backed voles which were captured in the Tohbetsu region of Hokkaido, Japan and their litters were used. In the results for two years, 1987 to 1988, the rates of pregnancy, birth and weaning were 35.4%, 94.5% and 79.5%, respectively....

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