Comparison of carbon dioxide, argon, and nitrogen for inducing unconsciousness or euthanasia of rats

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Sharp, Jody ^a   Azar, Toni ^a   Lawson, David ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EUTHANASIA; HEART RATE; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS; TELEMETRY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ARGON; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HEART RATE; MALE; NITROGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33744784541     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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