Effects of housing density on nasal pathology of breeding mice housed in individually ventilated cages

Lab Animal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 68-76

  Divincenti, Louis ^a   Moorman White, Diane ^a   Bavlov, Nikolay ^a   Garner, Michael ^b   Wyatt, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

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EID: 84857263794     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0312-68     Document Type: Article

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