Effect of Room Arrangement and Blood Sample Collection Sequence on Serum Thyroid Hormone and Cortisol Concentrations in Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-68

  Flow, Bryan L ^a   Jaques, John T ^b  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

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