Effect of housing density on reproductive parameters and corticosterone levels in nursing mice

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 9-15

  O'Malley, James ^a   Dambrosia, James M ^a   Davis, Judith A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LACTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 41849142713     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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