Physiology and clinical pathology of laboratory New Zealand white rabbits housed individually and in groups

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 35-38

  Fuentes, Gabriela C ^a   Newgren, James ^a  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RABBITS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 41849112771     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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