Collection of blood from wild‐caught mice (Peromyscus) via submandibular venipuncture
ABSTRAC Submandibular venipuncture is a common technique used to harvest whole blood from laboratory‐strain mice, but its effectiveness on wild‐caught Peromyscus spp. has not been formally tested. We used submandibular venipuncture to collect repeated blood samples from 30 wild‐caught deer mice (Per...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-12-01
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Series: | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.835 |