THE golden (Syrian) hamster Cricetus auratus is now being bred in scientific institutions in Europe and America and has proved useful for various experimental investigations. Workers from different ...

A model that most accurately recapitulates the in vivo disease state is an essential part of any clinical or research investigator’s repertoire to better understand the pathogenesis and develop ...

I used to be a small animal breeder🐭Although I say I was a small animal breeder, I had no shop, and I was a super ...

Deep litter has been shown to decrease stereotypic wire-gnawing in male golden hamsters, suggesting that increased litter depth may be associated with decreased chronic stress levels. To determine the ...

Hamsters for dinner? Golden hamsters are bred solely to be used to train black-footed ferrets to kill. The harm done to hamsters violates ethical principles because it constitutes premeditated and ...

Taxonomically hamsters are classified as a subfamily, Cricetinae, with 7 genera and 18 species in the family Muridae (Musser and Carleton, 1993). They are distributed throughout the Palearctic zone of ...