How much stress do researchers inflict on their study animals? A case study using a scincid lizard, Eulamprus heatwolei

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1035-1043

  Langkilde, Tracy ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Ethics; Eulamprus heatwolei; Lizard; Methods; Research

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIZARD; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CORTICOSTERONE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LIZARDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; EULAMPRUS HEATWOLEI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645757555     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02112     Document Type: Article

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