Incidence rates of spontaneous disease in laboratory mice used at a large biomedical research institution

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 782-791

  Marx, James O ^a   Brice, Angela K ^a   Boston, Raymond C ^a   Smith, Abigail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPONTANEOUS DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICE; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 84888861904     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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