A transportation device for rats.
Subjecting laboratory animals to handling-induced stress can lead to variable experimental errors. Additionally, handling wild species may endanger laboratory staff and the animals themselves. To protect both laboratory staff and laboratory animals, the author created a useful device for transporting wild rats (Rattus norvegicus). Though the author designed this device for moving wild rats, he suggests that it could be used with all mammals of comparable size. Here, the author describes this device, which he has found to be particularly helpful when physical contact between animals and humans is a problem.
Stryjek
Rafał
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Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. rstryjek@wp.pl
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004867:Equipment Design; D051381:Rats; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000662:veterinary; D014186:Transportation / Q000295:instrumentation*