Techniques of embryo transfer and facility decontamination used to improve the health and welfare of transgenic mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-206

  Morrell, J M ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b Laboratory Animals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternatives to formaldehyde; Re derivation; Reduction; Refinement; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; COST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HEALTH STATUS; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PROGENY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA; ROTA VIRUS;

EID: 0032839029     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367799780578165     Document Type: Article

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