Nesting Enrichment and Shredding Prevention for Mice

The data indicates that the brown crinkle paper with or without a Nestlet or Enrichn’Nest allows CD-1 mice to build more complex nests. Brown crinckle paper alone also resulted in a significatnt decrease in shredding of the 5053 LabDiet used in this study. Keywords: Welfare, housing effects, food grinding, shredding, behavior, Optimice, mouse, mice

Citation: MacDuff, A. Nesting Enrichment and Shredding Prevention for Mice. Poster presented at: American Association forLaboratory Animal Science; 2018; Baltimore MD, USA