Comparison of Environment and Mice in Static and Mechanically Ventilated Isolator Cages with Different Air Velocities and Ventilation Designs

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-20

  Memarzadeh, Farhad ^a   Harrison, Paul C ^b   Riskowski, Gerald L ^c   Henze, Tonja ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Animal Science Department

^c Texas A and M University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EXHAUST GAS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID TRANSPORT; HUMIDITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; STATIC EXERCISE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

AIR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642535479     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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