Rats' preferences for an analgesic compared to water: An alternative to "killing the rat so it does not suffer"

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 674-680

  Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; MALE; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WATER;

EID: 0043042885     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.2.674     Document Type: Article

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