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Assessing Activity-based Anorexia in Mice
Published on: May 14, 2018
Using obese mouse models in research: special considerations for IACUC members, animal care technicians, and
1Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. goodd@vasci.umass.edu
Lab Animal
|February 3, 2005
Abstract:
The mouse is the animal most commonly used to study the underlying causes of and treatments for obesity. The author reviews many of the issues that should be considered by all involved in research with mice expressing this phenotype, and describes some procedures exclusive to obesity research.

