The duration of capture and restraint during anesthesia and euthanasia influences glucocorticoid levels in male golden hamsters

Lab Animal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 41-46

  Gebhardt Henrich, Sabine G ^a   Fischer, Katerina ^b   Hauzenberger, Andrina R ^b   Keller, Petra ^b   Steiger, Andreas ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EUTHANASIA; HAMSTER; MALE; STRESS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CRICETINAE; EUTHANASIA; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; STRESS;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 33947611551     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0407-41     Document Type: Article

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