Refinements for intragastric gavage in rats

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-252

  Õkva, Kai ^a   Tamoševičiute, Egle ^b   Čižiute, Agne ^b   Pokk, Paavo ^a   Rukšenas, Osvaldas ^b   Nevalainen, Timo ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMETRY; TUBE FEEDING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33846101585     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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