Automated recording of home cage activity and temperature of individual rats housed in social groups...
Automated recording of home cage activity and temperature of individual rats housed in social groups: The Rodent Big Brother project
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Redfern, William S. , Tse, Karen , Grant, Claire , Keerie, Amy , Simpson, David J. , Pedersen, John C. , Rimmer, Victoria , Leslie, Lauren , Klein, Stephanie K. , Karp, Natasha A. , Sillito, Rowland , Chartsias, Agis , Lukins, Tim , Heward, James , Vickers, Catherine , Chapman, Kathryn and Armstrong, J. Douglas
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Measuring the activity and temperature of rats is commonly required in biomedical research. Conventional approaches necessitate single housing, which affects their behavior and wellbeing. We have used a subcutaneous radiofrequency identification (RFID) transponder to measure ambulatory activity and temperature of individual rats when group-housed i...
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Automated recording of home cage activity and temperature of individual rats housed in social groups: The Rodent Big Brother project
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1936206051
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1936206051
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0181068
