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Diagnostic Necropsy and Selected Tissue and Sample Collection in Rats and Mice
Published on: August 7, 2011
Gary L Mason1, Dennis J Madden
1Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, 1619 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. gary.l.mason@colostate.edu
The Veterinary Clinics of North America. Food Animal Practice
|October 9, 2007
Abstract:
This article is designed to aid the practitioner by maximizing the effectiveness of field postmortem diagnostic investigations. Contents include an outline of the procedure for field necropsy of ruminants, recommended tools and supplies, and guidelines for sample collection and submission.
