Wire-Bottom Versus Solid-Bottom Rodent Caging Issues Important to Scientists and Laboratory Animal Science Specialists

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Stark, Dennis M ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BED; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RODENT; STANDARD;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEDDING AND LINENS; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABORATORIES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035514930     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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