- Journal of Scientific Reports-A
- Issue: 029
- NUTRITIONAL BEHAVIOR OF RATTUS NORVEGICUS (BERKENHOUT, 1769) AT LABORATORY
NUTRITIONAL BEHAVIOR OF RATTUS NORVEGICUS (BERKENHOUT, 1769) AT LABORATORY
Authors : Ahmet Selçuk Özen, Ahmet Ali Yilmaz
Pages : 7-20
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Publication Date : 2012-12-12
Article Type : Research
Abstract :This research base on five male and five female, so totally ten Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) samples, which were observed in laboratory between October 2011 and May 2012 through 218 days. All samples were captured in inhabited localities at the town center of Kütahya. Nutritional behavior characteristics at laboratory were recorded for this species. For this purpose, 86 types of food have been tried. 74 types of food have been eaten, 12 types of food haven\'t been eatenKeywords : Food, Nutrition, Behavior, Habitat, Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus