Food for thought

Altex

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-10

  Zurlo, Joanne ^a   Hutchinson, Eric ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal euthanasia; Positive reinforcement training; Refinement; Social housing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINING; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; EUROPE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PRIMATE; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; PRIMATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893076898     PISSN: 1868596X     EISSN: 18688551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14573/altex.1312191     Document Type: Article

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