Capture, care, and captive breeding of 13-lined ground squirrels, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus

Lab Animal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Vaughan, Dana K ^a   Gruber, Aaron R ^a   Michalski, Michelle L ^a   Seidling, Jeffrey ^a   Schlink, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 33745056276     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0406-33     Document Type: Article

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