Blood vessels of the rat tail: A histological re-examination with respect to blood vessel puncture methods

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Staszyk, Carsten ^a   Bohnet, Willa ^a   Gasse, Hagen ^a   Hackbarth, Hansjoachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Rat; Tail

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL; CANNULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PUNCTURE; RAT; TAIL; TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAIL;

EID: 0344837695     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00236770360563750     Document Type: Article

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