Can trained behavior serve as tool for welfare assessment? A pilot study in a cancer model with Wistar rats
Laboratory Animals: The international journal of laboratory animal science and welfare
Published online on July 11, 2026
Abstract
Laboratory Animals, Ahead of Print.
This pilot study investigates whether trained behavioral tasks may serve as early, non-invasive indicators of distress in high-severity disease models in laboratory rats. Therefore, six Wistar rats in a diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinoma ...
This pilot study investigates whether trained behavioral tasks may serve as early, non-invasive indicators of distress in high-severity disease models in laboratory rats. Therefore, six Wistar rats in a diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinoma ...