Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) as a laboratory animal model

Lab Animal

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 513-519

  Huss, David ^a   Poynter, Greg ^a   Lansford, Rusty ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 54549097034     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban1108-513     Document Type: Review

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