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Assessing Burrowing, Nest Construction, and Hoarding in Mice
Published on: January 5, 2012
Abstract:
Mice in advanced scrapie characteristically clasp their hindlegs together. As the disease progresses into the clasping stage, mice exhibit a sequence of identifiable hindleg reactions which have categorized and assigned relative scores permitting objective, quantitative evaluation of disease.

