Surgical implantation of transmitters into fish

ILAR Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-306

  Mulcahy, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a American College of Zoological Medicine   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Animal Welfare Act; Fish; IACUC; Implantation; Surgery; Telemetry; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; FISH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TELEMETRY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FISHES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642274755     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.44.4.295     Document Type: Review

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