Laboratory fattening and dietary-fat effects on meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Unangst Jr , Edward T ^a   Wunder, Bruce A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dietary fat; EM SCAN; Fat; Meadow voles

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0037253445     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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