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Intensive Breeding of Mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. Lane-Petter
Affiliation:
Laboratory Animals Bureau, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Holly Hill, Hampstead, London, N. W. 3
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1. Production figures are given for a small mouse colony.

2. High productivity depends upon careful selection of breeding stock.

3. This selection has been based on an analysis of individual records. Both the keeping and the analysis of records are easy and simple.

4. In addition to providing a basis for selection, these records make possible a forecast of future production.

I particularly wish to thank Miss D. Lawrence, the animal technician whose skill in looking after this colony has contributed so much to its successful performance.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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