High Prevalence of Gastric Trichobezoars (Hair Balls) in Wistar-Kyoto Rats Fed a Semi-Purified Diet

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 635-639

  Krugner Higby, Lisa ^a   Wolden Hanson, Tami ^a   Gendron, Annette ^a   Atkinson, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOBEZOAR;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEZOARS; DIET; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FRUIT; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; PAPAIN; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; STOMACH;

EID: 0030468275     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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