A simple and reliable method for early pregnancy detection in inbred mice

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 368-371

  Heyne, Galen W ^a   Plisch, Erin H ^b   Melberg, Cal G ^a   Sandgren, Eric P ^b   Peter, Jody A ^b   Lipinski, Robert J ^a  

^a School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

GD, gestational day

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84938269942     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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