A comparative analysis of carbon dioxide displacement rates for euthanasia of the ferret

Lab Animal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Fitzhugh, Dawn C ^a   Parmer, Amanda ^a   Shelton, Larry J ^a   Sheets, James T ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERRET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERRETS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 38649100308     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0208-81     Document Type: Article

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