Refining rodent husbandry: The mouse

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-259

  Jennings, M ^a   Batchelor, G R ^b   Brain, P F ^b   Dick, A ^b   Elliott, H ^b   Francis, R J ^b   Hubrecht, R C ^a   Hurst, J L ^b   Morton, D B ^a   Peters, A G ^b   Raymond, R ^b   Sales, G D ^b   Sherwin, C M ^b   West, C ^b  

^a Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CAGE; DIET; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEARING; HOUSING; HYGIENE; LABORATORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RODENT; SMELLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION;

EID: 0031854307     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367798780559301     Document Type: Article

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