Noise produced by vacuuming exceeds the hearing thresholds of C57Bl/6 and CD1 mice

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-57

  Naff, Katherine A ^a   Riva, Catherine M ^b   Craig, Suzanne L ^a   Gray, Kenneth N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CAGE; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; KNOCKOUT GENE; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NOISE; NONHUMAN; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VACUUM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; C57BL MOUSE; HEARING; LABORATORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; STANDARD; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEARING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NOISE; STRESS;

EID: 33947594219     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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