The effect of handling under anaesthetic on the recapture rate of wild ship rats (Rattus rattus)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-66

  Prout, D M ^a   King, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Animal welfare; Capture probability; Rattus rattus; Ship rat; Trap avoidance

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREST; GLOVE; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SUNLIGHT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 32344451591     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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