Fluctuating asymmetry of teeth is not a reliable indicator for assessing stress in rats

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-153

  Stub, Charlotte ^a   Sorensen, Dorte Bratbo ^a   Jegstrup, Inger Marie ^a   Ritskes Hoitings, Merel ^a   Hansen, Axel Kornerup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INCISOR; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0036428489     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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