Red-Carpet Rodent Care: Making the Most of Dollars and Sense in the Animal Facility

Lab Animal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 40-46

  Hampshire, Victoria ^a   Davis, Judith ^b   McNickle, Christine ^c  

^a Advanced Veterinary Applications   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Pathology Associates International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; XANTHORHOE MUNITATA;

EID: 0346929349     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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