Defining, measuring, and interpreting stress in laboratory animals

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 41-45

  Pekow, Cynthia ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS;

EID: 17144365473     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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