The use of the Techniplast Mouse House® in four strains of mice

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-183

  Soerensen, Dorte Bratbo ^a   Moeller, M R ^a   Larsen, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BKL MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 76149107868     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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