Regarding the Inadvisability of Administering Postoperative Analgesics in the Drinking Water of Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 15-17

  Speth, Robert C ^a,b   Smith, M Susan ^a   Brogan, Rebecca S ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; WATER;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASTE ACUITY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TASTE THRESHOLD; WATER;

EID: 0035512177     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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