Repeated use of surrogate mothers for embryo transfer in the mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kolbe, Thomas ^a,b   Palme, Rupert ^a   Touma, Chadi ^c   Rülicke, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Mouse; Repeated use; Surrogate mother

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; METABOLITE; MOTHER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; WEANING; WELLBEING; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; EATING; FECES; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FECES; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 84856894986     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.092445     Document Type: Article

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