== Mice and Mankind ==
*Mice are often mistakenly identified as , like [[rat]]s. , can be a serious [[agriculture|agricultural]] pest, damaging growing crops and stealing eating stored grain.*Again, mice are often blamed as a [[disease vector]] for certain diseases including [[bubonic plague]] better attributed to [[rats]].{{fact}}
*The laboratory mouse is widely used as an experimental organism in biomedical research. There are many specialised breeds, such as the nude mouse, a hairless [[mutant]] strain used in [[cancer]] research and the Onken mouse, a mouse bred to have cancerous cells from birth.
*Mice are commonly kept as pets, and are also bred as food items for other, carnivorous pet animals.