The author describes several characteristics of the Nile grass rat that make this diurnal murid rodent an attractive laboratory animal. In the laboratory, Nile grass rats are clearly diurnal (Fig.

Lastly, they are resistant to certain genetic disorders due to their breeding history as albino rats, making them ideal animals for lab-based research. All these factors work together to make white ...

The circuit was then complete, and the animal could select the direction ... were significantly better drivers than the lab rats. After the trials, researchers collected the rats' faeces to ...

Singly housed rats spent most of the time in the back of the cage, while pairs spent most time by the food hoppers. This may have been exacerbated by the presence of humans, as pair housed rats were ...

The rodents helped students in the Millersville University Psychology Department study animal behavior ... benefit festival In the lab, this takes the form of teaching rats to press a lever ...

Using an existing gang cage designed for ferrets, we developed a version that would be suitable for housing rats. Caging consisted of 3 floors with a combined floor area of 11620m, connected by 2 ...