Acclimatization of rats after ground transportation to a new animal facility

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-261

  Capdevila, S ^a   Giral, M ^b   Ruiz De La Torre, J L ^c   Russell, R J ^d   Kramer, K ^e  

^a Harlan   (Switzerland)

^b SA Palau solità I Plegamans   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Harlan Sprague Dawley Inc   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Rats; Telemetry; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS; TELEMETRY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34248354729     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367707780378096     Document Type: Article

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