A simplified necropsy technique for mice: Making the most of unscheduled deaths

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 342-344

  Scudamore, Cheryl L ^a   Busk, Naomi ^a   Vowell, Kate ^a  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissection; Mouse; Necropsy; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DYING; EVALUATION STUDY; FORCEPS; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUDDEN DEATH; THORACIC CAVITY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE;

EID: 84927754235     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: 17581117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023677214536555     Document Type: Article

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