The Use of Fecal Markers to Facilitate Sample Collection in Group-Housed Cats

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 51-56

  Griffin, Brenda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOOD DYE; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAT; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; INDIVIDUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATS; DIET; FECES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INDIVIDUALITY; PLASTICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036518485     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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