A review of applied aspects of dealing with gut microbiota impact on rodent models

ILAR Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 250-264

  Hansen, Axel Kornerup ^a   Krych, Łukasz ^b   Nielsen, Dennis Sandris ^b   Hansen, Camilla Hartmann Friis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal experimentation; Bacteria; Breeding; Experimental animal models; Microbiota; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RODENT;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84941755138     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: 19306180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilv010     Document Type: Article

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