Barbiturate euthanasia solution-induced tissue artifact in nonhuman primates

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-161

  Grieves, J L ^a   Dick Jr , E J ^a   Schlabritz loutsevich, N E ^b   Butler, S D ^a   Leland, M M ^a   Price, S E ^a   Schmidt, C R ^a   Nathanielsz, P W ^b   Hubbard, G B ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Euthanasia; Histology; Liver; Lung; Non human primate; Pathology

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BEUTHANASIA D; EUTHANASIA 5; EUTHASOL; FETAL PLUS; PENTOBARBITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INJURY SEVERITY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE INJURY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CERCOPITHECINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PENTOBARBITAL; SAGUINUS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 44949212877     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2007.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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