The diet board: Welfare impacts of a novel method of dietary restriction in laboratory rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-223

  Kasanen, Iiris H E ^a   Inhila K J ^a   Vainio, O M ^b   Kiviniemi, V V ^a   Hau, J ^c   Scheinin, M ^d,e   Mering, S M ^a   Nevalainen, T O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diet board; Dietary restriction; Rats; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EPINEPHRINE; FECES; FOOD DEPRIVATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 67650566847     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2008.008066     Document Type: Article

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