Caring for Peromyscus spp. In research environments

Lab Animal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 162-166

  Crossland, Janet P ^a   Dewey, Michael J ^a   Barlow, Shayne C ^b   Vrana, Paul B ^a   Felder, Michael R ^a   Szalai, Gabor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETICS; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BREEDING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 84899093768     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban.504     Document Type: Article

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