Issues to consider for preparing ferrets as research subjects in the laboratory

ILAR Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 348-357

  Ball, Roberta Scipioni ^a,b  

^a Marshall BioResources   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biology; Ferret; Husbandry; Methodology; Models; Mustela; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EATING HABIT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FERRET; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CORONAVIRUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 33748712846     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.47.4.348     Document Type: Article

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