The husbandly and care of dendrobatid frogs

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 8-14

  St Claire, Mark B ^a   Kennett, Mary J ^b   Thomas, Marvin L ^c   Daly, John W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CARE; BIOACCUMULATION; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FROG; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; ROOM VENTILATION; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANURA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LARVA; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 29144474570     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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