Phenotyping of Genetically Modified Mice

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 61-75

  Westh Thon, Rikke ^a   Ritskes hoitinga, Merel ^b   Gates, Hilary ^c   Prins, Jan bas ^d  

^a Axelborg   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commercial phenotyping by companies offering service to customers; European mouse disease clinic EUMODIC primary phenotype assessment, 650 mouse mutant lines; German mouse clinic (GMC) at GSF, Munich open platform for phenotyping; Methods of welfare assessment 1995 EU workshop, indices of good and bad welfare; Mouse phenome database (MPD) phenotypes from inbred mouse strains; New genetically modified mouse potential new strain; New methods for phenotyping speed and sophistication; Phenotyping of genetically modified mice; Testing every new strain in three stages young, adult and geriatric; Welfare of genetically modified animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887388511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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