Blood sampling in the rat: Current practices and limitations

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-37

  Nahas, K ^a   Provost, J P ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Blood removal; Clinical pathology; Rats

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHER; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUNCTURE; RAT;

EID: 0036415325     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s580-002-8080-5     Document Type: Article

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