Necropsy and Sampling Procedures in Rodents

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 691, Issue , 2011, Pages 39-67

  Fiette, Laurence ^a   Slaoui, Mohamed ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Histology; Macroscopy; Mouse; Necropsy; Rat; Rodents; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RODENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; AUTOPSY; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952201723     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-849-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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