Guidance on the severity classification of scientific procedures involving fish: Report of a Working Group appointed by the Norwegian Consensus-Platform for the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal experiments (Norecopa)

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 219-224

  Hawkins, P ^a   Dennison, N ^b   Goodman, G ^c   Hetherington, S ^d   Llywelyn Jones, S ^e   Ryder, K ^b   Smith, A J ^f  

^a Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^b Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fish; Harm benefit assessment; Humane endpoints; Refinement; Severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FISH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SEVERITY CLASSIFICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054792077     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2011.010181     Document Type: Article

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