Alternatives to retroorbital blood collection in hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-245

  Ayers, Jessica D ^a   Rota, Paul A ^a   Collins, Marcus L ^a   Drew, Clifton P ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COTTON RAT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MASSETER MUSCLE; MAXILLA; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETROORBITAL BLOOD COLLECTION; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SUBLINGUAL VEIN METHOD; SUBZYGOMATIC METHOD; ZYGOMA;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALIA; MEASLES VIRUS; POLIOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 84859120527     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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