The Laboratory Opossum

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 246-261

  Vandeberg, John L ^a   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation and inactivation of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors; Health monitoring and quarantine; Laboratory opossum general biology of marsupials; Laboratory opossums exported from the uk to australia; Marmosa robinsoni, small american opossum; Marsupials in laboratory didelphis virginiana, as laboratory animal in north america; Monodelphis domestica encompassing dry chaco, cerrado and caatinga biomes6. monodelphis domestica interesting genetic and physiological characteristics; Monodelphis domestica promise for research on allografting and xenografting; Wild caught animals harbouring endoparasites, capillaria, trichuris, cruzia, strongylus and fluke like and hymenolepis like species

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956855710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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