Health monitoring of non-human primate colonies. Recommendations of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) Working Group on Non-Human Primate Health accepted by the FELASA board of management, 21 November 1998

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Weber, H ^a   Berge, E ^a   Finch, J ^a   Heidt, P ^a   Kaup, F J ^a   Perretta, G ^a   Verschuere, B ^a   Wolfensohn, S ^a  

^a FELASA   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DISINFECTION; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INFECTION; LABORATORY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CALLITHRIX; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; MACACA; PAPIO; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 15144359145     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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