The nile grass rat as a laboratory animal

Lab Animal

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 54-57

  Refinetti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCERAS MACRUM; ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; MODELS, ANIMAL; MURIDAE;

EID: 16544367994     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban1004-54     Document Type: Article

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