Humane Use of Cardiac Puncture for Non-Terminal Phlebotomy of Wild-Caught and Released <i>Peromyscus</i> spp.
The cardiac puncture technique for obtaining relatively large volume (50–150 µL) blood samples from sedated rodents has been used in research for nearly a century. Historically, its use to phlebotomize and then release live rodents was more common. However, recently its use in a non-terminal capacit...
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MDPI AG
2020-05-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/5/826 |