Measurement of aversion to determine humane methods of anaesthesia and euthanasia

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Leach, M C ^a   Bowell, V A ^b   Allan, T F ^c   Morton, D B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Animal welfare; Aversion; Carbon dioxide; Euthanasia; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ATAXIA; AVERSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROOMING; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; RAT; REARING; REVIEW; SNIFFING; SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1542790624     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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