Devices for handling small mammals in laboratory conditions

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-413

  Stryjek, Rafal ^a  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animal breeding technology; Animal handling; Laboratory animals' maintenance; Rodents; Wild rat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GERBIL; HAMSTER; HOME; LABORATORY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; RAT; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RATS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 52949118814     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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