A comparison of abdominal and scrotal approach methods of vasectomy and the influence of analgesic treatment in laboratory mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 304-310

  Miller, Amy L ^a   Wright Williams, Sian L ^a   Flecknell, Paul A ^a   Roughan, Johnny V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; HomeCageScan; Mouse; Pain; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

MELOXICAM; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; REARING; SNIFFING; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASECTOMY; WALKING;

ABDOMEN; ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SCROTUM; SURGERY, VETERINARY; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS; VASECTOMY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84872445991     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2012.012078     Document Type: Article

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