Effects of cage-change frequency and bedding volume on mice and their microenvironment

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 763-773

  Rosenbaum, Matthew D ^a   VandeWoude, Susan ^b   Johnson, Thomas E ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMIDITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; VIDEORECORDING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 74049128359     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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