Non-Infectious Diseases

The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 685-704

  Williams, Bruce H ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomic peculiarities; guinea pig; metabolic disease; neoplasia; non infectious disease; nutritional disease; toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882819496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380920-9.00024-9     Document Type: Chapter

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