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Pup mortality in laboratory mice - infanticide or not?

Weber, Elin; Algers, Bo; Hultgren, Jan; Olsson, I. Anna S.

Sammanfattning

Conclusion: These results suggest that other causes than infanticide plays a major role in mouse pup death, and stress the need for more systematic and careful investigations of the causality of litter loss.

Nyckelord

Perinatal mortality; Maternal behaviour; Laboratory mice; Infanticide; Cannibalism

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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
2013, Volym: 55
Utgivare: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD