Report of the 2006 RSPCA/UFAW Rodent Welfare Group meeting

Lab Animal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 216-222

  Reed, Barney ^a   Hawkins, Penny ^a   Latham, Naomi ^b   Westwood, Kerry ^c   Van Driel, Katja ^d   Battram, Cliff ^e   Golledge, Huw ^f   Farmer, Anne Marie ^g   Osborne, Nikki ^a   Jennings, Maggy ^a   Hubrecht, Robert ^h  

^a Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

^h UFAW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RAT; STANDARD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; RATS;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 42549162360     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0508-216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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