Euthanasia is one of the most commonly performed procedures in biomedical research,
involving tens of millions of animals in North America and Europe every year. The use of …

The componential view of human emotion recognises that affective states comprise
conscious, behavioural, physiological, neural and cognitive elements. Although many …

In debates about the welfare of animals, different people have tended to emphasize different
concerns. Some emphasize the basic health and functioning of animals, especially freedom …

The AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition (“work”) is licensed under
the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http …

What is animal welfare? Why has it proved so difficult to find a definition that everyone can
agree on? This concise and accessible guide is for anyone who is interested in animals and …

Abstract Background The Canadian Council on Animal Care and American Veterinary
Medical Association classify intraperitoneal (IP) pentobarbital as an acceptable euthanasia …

Building upon the success of the Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science and completing
Volumes I and II of the Second Edition, Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second …

The sensation that develops as a long breath hold continues is what this article is about. We
term this sensation of an urge to breathe 'air hunger'. Air hunger, a primal sensation, alerts …

Selecting an appropriate, effective euthanasia agent is controversial. Several recent
publications provide clarity on the use of CO2 in laboratory rats and mice. This review …

Breathlessness is a negative affective experience relating to respiration, the animal welfare
significance of which has largely been underestimated in the veterinary and animal welfare …