Abstract
In the animal facility, a range of different sounds are present. On the one hand, rats and humans will regard sound and noise differently even within the audible range, but on the other hand mice and rats being very adaptable to the environment may adapt to living in a noisy facility with e.g. a radio playing. It was the aim of the present study to investigate whether two different strains of rats had different preferences for different kinds of sound patterns, including radio, and to get an indication of whether they are able to distinguish between different sound patterns. The present preference study revealed that rats were able to distinguish between different sound patterns. They showed a clear preference for silence to anything else, which may be taken as an indication that they feel disturbed by the sound from the speaker.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Laboratory Animals. Journal of the Laboratory Animal Science Association |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 141-144 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 0023-6772 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2011 |