Care and Use of Fish as Laboratory Animals: Current State of Knowledge

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-136

  Casebolt, Donald B ^a,b   Speare, David J ^a   Horney, Barbara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FISH; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FISHES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031946413     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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