Comparison of carbon dioxide and argon euthanasia: Effects on behavior, heart rate, and respiratory lesions in rats

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-453

  Burkholder, Tanya H ^a   Niel, Lee ^b   Weed, James L ^a   Brinster, Lauren R ^a   Bacher, John D ^a   Foltz, Charmaine J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; EUTHANASIA; GAS FLOW; HEART RATE; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; SEIZURE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ARGON; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HEART RATE; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; LUNG; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77956143987     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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