Veterinary care methods for rats and mice in experimental spinal cord injury studies

Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 47-60

  Puckett, Aaron H ^a   Nunn, Christine D ^a   Onifer, Stephen M ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care; Cervical spinal cord injury; Handling; Housing; Morbidity; Mortality; Pain; Paraplegia; Tetraplegia; Thoracic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957299663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-185-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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