Tuberculosis detection by giant African pouched rats

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-54

  Poling, Alan ^a   Weetjens, Bart ^a   Cox, Christophe ^a   Beyene, Negussie ^a   Durgin, Amy ^a   Mahoney, Amanda ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior analysis; Discrimination training; Pouched rats; Translational research; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958747089     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392234     Document Type: Article

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