Effects of housing density and cage floor space on C57BL/6J mice

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 656-663

  Smith, Abigail L ^a,c   Mabus, Sarah L ^a   Stockwell, Jason D ^a,d   Muir, Cameron ^b  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; URINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMIDITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 20044394593     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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