Food and Water Restriction Protocols: Physiological and Behavioral Considerations

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 9-17

  Toth, Linda A ^a,c   Gardiner, Thomas W ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0034331307     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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