The extended welfare assessment grid: A matrix for the assessment of welfare and cumulative suffering in experimental animals

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-212

  Honess, Paul ^a   Wolfensohn, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cumulative suffering; Experimental animals; Objective assessment; Visual representation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; MONITORING; NEUROSCIENCE; PLANNING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESEARCH; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77954938841     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119291003800304     Document Type: Review

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