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Rearing Newts in the Laboratory for Experimental Purposes

Nature volume 181, pages 933–934 (1958)Cite this article

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I HAVE always considered the methods employed in the rearing of newts in the laboratory as too time-consuming. The newts are generally maintained in finger bowls; the water is usually changed once a day, and during the summer months a cool room is required, or the water is changed several times a day.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, 706 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, 12, Illinois

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WILLIAMS, D. Rearing Newts in the Laboratory for Experimental Purposes. Nature 181, 933–934 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181933b0

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