Refining animal models in fracture research: Seeking consensus in optimising both animal welfare and scientific validity for appropriate biomedical use

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Auer, Jorg A ^a   Goodship, Allen ^b   Arnoczky, Steven ^c   Pearce, Simon ^d   Price, Jill ^a   Claes, Lutz ^e   Von Rechenberg, Brigitte ^a   Hofmann Amtenbrinck, Margarethe ^f   Schneider, Erich ^d   Muller Terpitz R ^g   Thiele, F ^h   Rippe, Klaus Peter ^a   Grainger, David W ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^f Mat Search Consulting   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h European Academy for the Study of Scientific and Technological Advance   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ETHICS; FRACTURE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; FRACTURES, BONE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548268499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-72     Document Type: Article

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