Guidance on the transport of laboratory animals

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-39

  Swallow, Jeremy ^a   Anderson, David ^b   Buckwell, Anthony C ^c   Harris, Tim ^d   Hawkins, Penny ^e   Kirkwood, James ^f   Lomas, Mike ^g   Meacham, Steve ^h   Peters, Alan ⁱ   Prescott, Mark ^e,m   Owen, Steve ^j   Quest, Robert ^k   Sutcliffe, Roy ^l   Thompson, Kirk ^g  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Anim (Sci Proc) Inspectorate   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Harris Associates Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^f Universities Federation for Animal Welfare   (United Kingdom)

^g DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^h Fetch Europe Limited   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Tinbergen Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^j Institute for Animal Technology   (United Kingdom)

^k Heathrow Airport   (United Kingdom)

^l CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^m National Centre for the Replacement   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELLBEING; BIOSAFETY; CAT; CONTAINER; DOCUMENTATION; DOG; DRIVER; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FERRET; FILTER; LAW; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMATE; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CATS; DOGS; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; FERRETS; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RABBITS; RODENTIA; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRANSPORTATION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 19944433821     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0023677052886493     Document Type: Review

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