The morphological changes of intestinal mucosa in growing rabbits

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-263

  Yu, Bi ^a   Chiou, Peter W S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Development; Intestinal morphology; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MATURITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUCKLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030759606     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367797780596301     Document Type: Article

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