Comparison of rectal, microchip transponder, and infrared thermometry techniques for obtaining body temperature in the laboratory rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Chen, Patty H ^a   White, Charles E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; EXTERNAL EAR; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECTAL THERMOMETER; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THIGH; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; RECTUM; STANDARD; THERMOMETER;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EAR; INFRARED RAYS; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; RABBITS; RECTUM; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 33645878613     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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