Behavioural and cardiovascular responses of rats to euthanasia using carbon dioxide gas

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-346

  Smith, William ^a   Harrap, Stephen B ^b  

^a Western Melbourne Institute of Technical and Further Education   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ethology; Euthanasia; Rats

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; GAS FLOW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; RAT;

EID: 0030831792     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367797780596130     Document Type: Article

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