Oral gavage in rats: Animal welfare evaluation

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-30

  Turner, Patricia V ^a   Vaughn, Elizabeth ^a   Sunohara Neilson, Janet ^a   Ovari, Jelena ^a   Leri, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OROGASTRIC GAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; FECES; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84856849451     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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