Feasibility of Using Rice Hulls as Bedding for Laboratory Mice
Rice hulls have a relatively poor moisture control which is a major disadvantage that might preclude their widespread use. Mice were housed in Optimice housing. Keywords: Welfare, laboratory mouse bedding, ammonia, housing, cage environment, microenvironment, corncob, Optimice, mice, mouse
Carbone, Elizabeth; Kass, Philip; Evans, Kristin. Feasibility of Using Rice Hulls as Bedding for Laboratory Mice. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Volume 55, Number 3, May 2016, pp. 268-276(9). http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aalas/jaalas/2016/00000055/00000003/art00004