Development of a body condition scoring system for nonhuman primates using Macaca mulatta as a model

Lab Animal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Clingerman, Karen J ^a   Summers, Laura ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; PALPATION; PRIMATES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 22844451261     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0505-31     Document Type: Review

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