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Establishment of the body condition score for adult female Xenopus laevis

The assessment of animals’ health and nutritional status using a Body Condition Score (BCS) has become a common and reliable tool in lab-animal science. It enables a simple, semi-objective, and non-invasive assessment (palpation of osteal prominences and subcutaneous fat tissue) in routine examinati...

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Autores principales: Tix, Leonie, Ernst, Lisa, Bungardt, Britta, Talbot, Steven R., Hilken, Gero, Tolba, René H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10132665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37099619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280000