Establishing an appropriate period of acclimatization following transportation of laboratory animals

ILAR Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 364-369

  Obernier, Jennifer A ^a   Baldwin, Ransom L ^b  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Agricultural animals; Immune system; Physiological effects; Rodents; Stress; Transportation

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748689925     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.47.4.364     Document Type: Article

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