Establishing normal plasma and 24-hour urinary biochemistry ranges in C3H, BALB/c and C57BL/6J mice following acclimatization in metabolic cages

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Stechman, Michael J ^a   Ahmad, Bushra N ^a   Loh, Nellie Y ^a   Reed, Anita A C ^a   Stewart, Michelle ^b   Wells, Sara ^b   Hough, Tertius ^b   Bentley, Liz ^c   Cox, Roger D ^c   Brown, Steve D M ^c   Thakker, Rajesh V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Research Council Harwell Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Inbred laboratory mice; Metabolic cages; Refinement; Renal function

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE URINE LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STRESS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; URINALYSIS;

MUS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77954442914     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2010.009128     Document Type: Article

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