Breeding and Care for Wild Woodchucks (<I>Marmota monax</I>) by Indoor and Outdoor Housing

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  • SHIGA Junji
    <I>Deparment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo</I>
  • YAMAMOTO Kohshi
    <I>Division of Animal Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo</I>
  • ITO Masahiro
    <I>Division of Animal Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo</I>
  • KOSHIMIZU Kaoru
    <I>Division of Animal Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo</I>

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  • ウッドチャック (<I>Marmota monax</I>) の飼育経験と繁殖のこころみ
  • ウッドチャック(Marmota monax)の飼育経験と繁殖のこころみ
  • ウッドチャック Marmota monax ノ シイク ケイケン ト ハンショ

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Woodchuck (Marmots monax) is a very useful animal for studying human diseases such as endocrine, metabolic or cardiovascular diseases. It is regarded especially as the most excellent animal model for human hepatic cell cancer since woodchuck hepatitis virus has various biological characters similar to those of human hepatitis B virus. We have investigated in domesticating this wild animals as laboratory experimental animals and suceeded in breeding and rearing in our outdoor fascilities.

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  • Experimental Animals

    Experimental Animals 38 (2), 155-158, 1989

    Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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