Carbon dioxide for euthanasia of laboratory animals

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 470-471

  Raj, A B Mohan ^a   Leach, Matthew C ^a   Morton, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENFLURANE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; AVERSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INHALATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; STRESS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE;

EID: 9344239369     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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