Telemetry as a method for measuring the impact of housing conditions on rats' welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Krohn, T C ^a   Hansen, A K ^a   Dragsted, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Heart rate; Housing conditions; Rats; Systolic blood pressure; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RODENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037254996     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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