Absorbencies of six different rodent beddings: Commercially advertised absorbencies are potentially misleading

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-74

  Burn, Charlotte C ^a   Mason, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bedding; Hygiene; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA FORMATION; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BED; CAGE; CALCULATION; CORN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MASS COMMUNICATION; MATERIALS; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SAWDUST; WOOD CHIP; WOOD PULP;

ADVERTISING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INDUSTRY; PAPER; PRODUCT LABELING; RODENTIA; WOOD; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13244291379     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0023677052886592     Document Type: Article

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