Mice Fed Radiolabeled Protein by Gavage Show Sporadic Passage of Large Quantities of Intact Material into the Blood, an Artifact not Associated with Voluntary Feeding

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 18-23

  Craig, Michael A ^a   Elliott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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