A combined and comparative study of physiologic and behavioral parameters in a systemic toxicity test

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Harkin, Andrew J ^a   O'Donnell, James M ^a   Kelly, John P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NICKEL CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TELEMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRINKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EATING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEART RATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICKEL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TELEMETRY; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042320367     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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