B-virus specific-pathogen-free breeding colonies of macaques (Macaca mulatta): Retrospective study of seven years of testing

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 144-148

  Hilliard, Julia K ^a   Ward, John A ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE TARGETING; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HERPES VIRUS; HOUSING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACACA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, CERCOPITHECINE; MACACA MULATTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032891123     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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