A sheep model for fracture treatment in osteoporosis: Benefits of the model versus animal welfare

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 453-464

  Egermann, M ^a,b   Goldhahn, J ^c   Holz, R ^a   Schneider, E ^a   Lill, C A ^b  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bone; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VITAMIN D;

ABSCESS; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SHEEP; STEROIDS; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 55049102015     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2007.007001     Document Type: Article

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