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UNIT 1.5 Animal Identification

  1. John Donovan1,
  2. Patricia Brown2

Published Online: 1 MAY 2001

DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im0105s14

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Current Protocols in Immunology

Current Protocols in Immunology

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Donovan, J. and Brown, P. 2001. Animal Identification. Current Protocols in Immunology.

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  1. 1

    Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Collegeville, Pennsylvania

  2. 2

    National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

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  1. Published Online: 1 MAY 2001
  2. Published Print: JUN 1995

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Proper identification of animals plays an important role in research, whether animals are being used as experimental subjects, for breeding purposes, or as a source for tissues, cells, or fluids. Identification of animals links animal-specific information to experimental records, and facilitates communication between investigators, technicians, and animal care personnel. Specific procedures for marking or identifying individual rodents and rabbits are described in this unit.

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