Blood collection from the sublingual vein in mice and hamsters: A suitable alternative to retrobulbar technique that provides large volumes and minimizes tissue damage

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-260

  Heimann, Maike ^a   Käsermann, Hans Peter ^b   Pfister, Rudolf ^a   Roth, Daniel Robert ^a   Bürki, Kurt ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hamsters; Mice; Retrobulbar blood collection; Sublingual blood sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE INJURY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CRICETINAE; EYE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HARDERIAN GLAND; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOUTH FLOOR; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; TONGUE; VEINS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67650555905     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2008.007073     Document Type: Article

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