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Feeding and breeding of laboratory animals: XIV. Size of Breeding Group and Production in Mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

H. M. Bruce
H. M. Bruce
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National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, N.W. 7
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1. The production of weaned young from pairs or groups of three, four and five mice, each containing one male, has been compared.

2. For long-term large-scale production, small breeding groups of one male with two females are proposed.

I should like to thank Dr A. S. Parkes, F.R.S., for much helpful criticism, and Dr Walter Perry for the statistical tests.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , March 1954 , pp. 60 - 66
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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