title: A primer on rodent identification methods.
abstract: Identifying laboratory rodents as a group may be sufficient if all the animals are to receive the same treatment and/or manipulation and if individual variations in response are not to be recorded separately. However, it is frequently necessary to be able to differentiate between individual animals used in a study. Identification of individual animals may also be necessary to maintain health records and to properly manage colonies of laboratory animals in compliance with regulatory agencies and research protocol requirements.
authors.affiliation: Research Animal Resource Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA. wangl5@mskcc.org
authors.forename: Lotus
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000823:Animal Identification Systems; D000818:Animals; D004431:Ear, External; D004581:Electronics; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D013653:Tattooing; D014034:Toes; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods*