Use of spontaneous behaviour measures to assess pain in laboratory rats and mice: How are we progressingα

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 151, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Whittaker, Alexandra L ^a   Howarth, Gordon S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Behaviour; Chronic pain; Mice; Pain assessment; Rats; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREY PREFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84893664005     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.11.001     Document Type: Review

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