Reference values for young normal Sprague-Dawley rats: Weight gain, hematology and clinical chemistry

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 612-616

  Lillie, Len E ^a   Temple, Norman J ^b   Florence, L Zack ^b  

^a Alberta Environmental Centre   (Canada)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

blood chemical analysis; body temperature; body weight; electro lytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REFERENCE VALUE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029830702     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719601500802     Document Type: Article

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