Saphenous vein puncture for blood sampling of the mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil, guineapig, ferret and mink

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 364-368

  Hem, Annelise ^a   Smith, Adrian J ^b   Solberg, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Ferret; Gerbil; Guineapig; Hamster; Mink; Mouse; Rat; Rodent; Saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FERRET; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; MINK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0031727960     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367798780599866     Document Type: Article

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