Laboratory animal welfare and human attitudes: A cross-sectional survey on heterospecific play or “rat tickling”
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220580
Abstract: Introduction Laboratory rat welfare is critically influenced by laboratory animal personnel through their implementation, or lack of implementation, of various enrichment techniques. One such promising technique is heterospecific play, or “rat tickling”, which mimics aspects… read more here.
Keywords: rat tickling; laboratory animal; rat; welfare ... See more keywords