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Thinking outside of the box: Refining rat housing to improve welfare

2026-05-04

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Standard rat housing may impede species-typical behaviors and impact rat welfare and research outcomes. This research investigated the effects of housing on behavioral and physiological outcomes of rats through the use of modified large animal cages for housing, and was conducted in two studies. Study A: 70 Sprague Dawley (SD) rats (34 males, 36 females; 5 wk old) were randomly assigned to standard polycarbonate s...

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Literature Corpus work: a0006679-4c67-5880-9f6d-b440cc6bbf92
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.29.721812

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