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Potential stock differences in the social behavior of rats in a situation of restricted access to food.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1995
Helder R, Desor D, Toniolo A M
Abstract excerpt
The social behavior of outbred Long-Evans (LE) and Wistar (WI) rats was compared in a situation where access to food was particularly difficult (clearing an aquatic barrier, plus the necessity of carrying the food back to the home cage). In groups of either six WI or LE rats, only about 50% of individuals carried the food, and the others survived by attacking those that did. However, behavioral profiles...
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