Use of a conditioning technique to reduce stress associated with repeated intra-peritoneal injections in laboratory rats

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 158-173

  Cloutier, Sylvie ^a   Newberry, Ruth C ^a  

^a Center for the Study of Animal Well being   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Biomedical research; Fear; Human animal interactions; Laboratory rats; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; MEDICINE; RODENT; VACCINE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 42949139825     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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