The impact of different blood sampling methods on laboratory rats under different types of anaesthesia

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-274

  Toft, Martin Fitzner ^a,b   Petersen, Mikkel Haxø ^a   Dragsted, Nils ^c   Hansen, Axel Kornerup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Taconic Europe ^*  (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Blood sampling; Carbon dioxide; Isoflurane; Jugular puncture; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART RATE; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMETRY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EYE; HEART RATE; ISOFLURANE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; TAIL; TELEMETRY;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33746015399     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367706777611433     Document Type: Article

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