Chronic care and monitoring of woodchucks (Marmota monax) during repeated magnetic resonance imaging of the liver

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 26-30

  McKenzie, Eilean J ^a   Jackson, Michael ^a   Turner, Allan ^a   Gregorash, Lori ^a   Harapiak, Leanne ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; ISOFLURANE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEPATITIS VIRUS; INFECTION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCIURIDAE; TUMOR VOLUME; WOODCHUCK;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEART RATE; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARMOTA; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA MONAX; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 33744822437     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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