The effects of routine experimental procedures on physiological parameters in mice kept under different husbandry conditions

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-38

  Meijer, M K ^a   Kramer, K ^b   Remie, R ^c   Spruijt, B M ^a   van Zutphen, L F M ^a   Baumans, V ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Husbandry conditions; Mice; Radio telemetry; Routine procedures; Stress response

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEMETRY; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32344444191     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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