Crying With Laughter: Adapting the Tickling Protocol to Address Individual Differences Among Rats in Their Response to Playful Handling
Front Vet Sci
.
2021 Jun 24:8:677872.
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.677872.
eCollection 2021.
Authors
Vincent Bombail
1
,
Sarah M Brown
2
,
Tayla J Hammond
2
3
,
Simone L Meddle
2
,
Birte L Nielsen
4
5
,
Emma K L Tivey
2
,
Alistair B Lawrence
2
3
Affiliations
1
Physiologie de la Nutrition et du Comportement Alimentaire (PNCA), INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France.
2
The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
3
Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
4
Modélisation Systémique Appliquée aux Ruminants (MoSAR), INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France.
5
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), Wheathampstead, United Kingdom.
PMID:
34250064
PMCID:
PMC8264139
DOI:
10.3389/fvets.2021.677872
No abstract available
Keywords:
USV; pinning; playful handling; rats; rough-and-tumble play; social play; tickling.