Evaluation of cage micro-environment of mice housed on various types of bedding materials

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 12-17

  Smith, Ellen ^a   Stockwell, Jason D ^a,b   Schweitzer, Isabelle ^a   Langley, Stephen H ^a   Smith, Abigail L ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BED; CAGE; CORN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; MALE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; RODENT; TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3543107222     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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