Identification methods in newborn C57BL/6 mice: A developmental and behavioural evaluation

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-103

  Castelhano Carlos, M J ^a   Sousa, N ^a   Ohl, F ^b   Baumans, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Development; Identification; Marking; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CADAVER; CHRONIC STRESS; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAND MOVEMENT; IMPLANTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THYMUS; TOE; WEANING;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77950816799     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2009.009044     Document Type: Article

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