Nylon Ear Tags for Individual Identification of Guinea Pigs

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 16-20

  Kitagaki, Masato ^a   Shibuya, Kazumoto ^a  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; NYLON;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EPIDERMIS; EUTHANASIA; EXTERNAL EAR; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; TISSUE REACTION; WOUND;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; EAR, EXTERNAL; GUINEA PIGS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NYLONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; PINNA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1542405784     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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