Journal article
When disaster strikes: rethinking caging materials
Lab animal, Vol.32(4), pp.24-27
04/2003
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/115659
PMID: 19753748
Abstract
The value of research using lab animals hinges on the ability to carry out experiments in a tightly controlled environment. Diet, caging materials (e.g., cages and water bottles), and other environmental variables have the potential to create serious disruptions in animal studies. The authors describe the inadvertent damage of polycarbonate caging materials during the course of routine cagewashing, providing an instructive example and illustrating the importance of defined and controlled environmental conditions in biomedical research.
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- Title
- When disaster strikes: rethinking caging materials
- Creators
- Kara E Koehler - Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4955, USARobert C VoigtSally ThomasBruce LambCheryl UrbanTerry HassoldPatricia A Hunt
- Publication Details
- Lab animal, Vol.32(4), pp.24-27
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Biosciences, School of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- HD31866 / NICHD NIH HHS HD21341 / NICHD NIH HHS ES11772 / NIEHS NIH HHS AG20202 / NIA NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900547915501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article