Microbiological standardisation of laboratory animals;Mikrobiologische Standardisierung bei Versuchstieren

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 112, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 201-210

  Nicklas, W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health monitoring; Laboratory animals; Management; Microbiological quality; Microbiological standardisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; RAT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; MICE; RATS; RESEARCH; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0033145537     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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31. Schweizer Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde (SGV): http://www.sgv.org
32. Weitere links zu wichtigen versuchstierkundlichen Adressen finden sich bei: http://www.lal.org.uk