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The Behavior of the Laboratory RatA Handbook with Tests$
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The Behavior of the Laboratory Rat: A Handbook with Tests

Ian Q. Whishaw and Bryan Kolb

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780195162851

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162851.001.0001

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Eating

Eating

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(p.197) 18 Eating
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The Behavior of the Laboratory Rat
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Peter G. Clifton

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162851.003.0018

This chapter discusses the salient features of rat feeding behavior relevant to laboratory-based studies of this species. Topics covered include lifetime patterns of intake, daily patterns of intake, meal patterns, behavior that anticipates feeding, feeding and the behavior that follows feeding, diet choice, and neophobia and diet variety.

Keywords:   laboratory rats, feeding behavior, meal patterns, rat behavior, diet choice, meal intake

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