Reproduction and Breeding

The Laboratory Rat

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 147-164

  Lohmiller, Jeffrey J ^a   Swing, Sonya P ^b  

^a Taconic Farms Inc   (United States)

^b Consultant Murine Animal Models ^*  (United States)

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EID: 78650961624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012074903-4/50009-1     Document Type: Chapter

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