Effect of corncob bedding on feed conversion efficiency in a high-fat diet-induced prediabetic model in C57Bl/6J mice

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 449-451

  Ambery, Ashley G ^a   Tackett, Lixuan ^a   Penque, Brent A ^a   Hickman, Debra L ^a   Elmendorf, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAGE; CORNCOB BEDDING; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPER; RECYCLING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CALORIC INTAKE; METABOLISM; RODENT DISEASE; VETERINARY; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; ENERGY INTAKE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAPER; PREDIABETIC STATE; RODENT DISEASES; WOOD;

EID: 84908330536     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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