All the Pups We Cannot See: Cannibalism Masks Perinatal Death in Laboratory Mouse Breeding but Infanticide Is Rare

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Perinatal mortality is a large problem in laboratory mouse breeding. Dead pups are often eaten by the adult mice. Pups cannibalised between birth and first husbandry check are likely not to be accounted for, leading to an underestimation of the number of pups are born and die. This s...

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Autores principales: Brajon, Sophie, Morello, Gabriela Munhoz, Capas-Peneda, Sara, Hultgren, Jan, Gilbert, Colin, Olsson, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8388445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34438784
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11082327

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8388445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34438784
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11082327

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