Ethical regulation and animal science: why animal behaviour is special

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Barnard, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal behaviour; animal experimentation; animal welfare; regulation; research ethics; the 3Rs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ETHICS; EXPERIMENT; RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34347268462     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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