Effect of Cage Bedding on Temperature Regulation and Metabolism of Group-housed Female Mice

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Gordon, Christopher J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BED; CAGE; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEAT LOSS; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION; WELLBEING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 1542276473     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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