Manual restraint and common compound administration routes in mice and rats

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 67, 2012, Pages

  Machholz, Elton ^a   Mulder, Guy ^b   Ruiz, Casimira ^a   Corning, Brian F ^a   Pritchett Corning, Kathleen R ^b  

^a Insourcing Solutions   (United States)

^b Research Models and Services Charles River   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Basic Protocols; Handling; Injections; Issue 67; Medicine; Oral gavage; Restraint; Rodents; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889935490     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2771     Document Type: Article

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