An apparatus for the regulation of the food supply to rats
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- 1 December 1970
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 24 (4) , 1049-1051
- https://doi.org/10.1079/bjn19700107
Abstract
1. An apparatus is described for supplying small amounts of food to rats uniformly and continuously.2. The apparatus consists of a Perspex disc carrying a groove containing food, which is rotated once each day by an electric motor. Access of rats to the food is restricted by suitably placed baffles.Keywords
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