Germfree status of mice obtained by embryo transfer in an isolator environment

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-427

  Inzunza, José ^a,b   Midtvedt, Tore ^b   Fartoo, Mona ^a   Norin, Elisabeth ^b   Österlund, Ewa ^b   Persson, Anna Karin ^b   Ährlund Richter, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Germfree; Isolator; Mice

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GNOTOBIOTICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STEREOMICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CROSSES, GENETIC; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GERM-FREE LIFE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644567194     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367705774286439     Document Type: Article

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