Potential stock differences in the social behavior of rats in a situation of restricted access to food.

doi:10.1007/BF02253377

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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

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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 in...

Topics

Aggression
Animals
Appetitive Behavior
Genotype
Male
Motivation
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Social Behavior
Species Specificity

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