Review of intraperitoneal injection of sodium pentobarbital as a method of euthanasia in laboratory rodents

CA Laferriere, DSJ Pang - Journal of the American Association …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a comparative science of emotion: Affect and consciousness in humans and animals

ES Paul, S Sher, M Tamietto, P Winkielman… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The componential view of human emotion recognises that affective states comprise
conscious, behavioural, physiological, neural and cognitive elements. Although many …

[PDF][PDF] AVMA guidelines for the euthanasia of animals: 2013 edition

SL Leary, W Underwood, R Anthony, S Cartner… - 2013 - ttuhsc.edu
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 …

[LIVRE][B] Handbook of laboratory animal science: Animal Models, Volume III

J Hau, SJ Schapiro, GL Van Hoosier Jr - 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Antibiotic-induced gut microbiota dysbiosis has a functional impact on purine metabolism

X Liu, L Ke, K Lei, Q Yu, W Zhang, C Li, Z Tian - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Background Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota is closely linked to hyperuricemia. However, the
effect of the microbiome on uric acid (UA) metabolism remains unclear. This study aimed to …

Do fish perceive anaesthetics as aversive?

GD Readman, SF Owen, JC Murrell, TG Knowles - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
This study addresses a fundamental question in fish welfare: are the anaesthetics used for
fish aversive? Despite years of routine general use of many agents, within both scientific …

Review of CO2 as a euthanasia agent for laboratory rats and mice

GP Boivin, DL Hickman… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
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 …

Euthanasia of laboratory mice: Are isoflurane and sevoflurane real alternatives to carbon dioxide?

N Marquardt, M Feja, H Hünigen, J Plendl, L Menken… - PLoS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In the European Union (EU) millions of laboratory mice are used and killed for experimental
and other scientific purposes each year. Although controversially discussed, the use of …

A review of methods used to kill laboratory rodents: issues and opportunities

JM Clarkson, JE Martin… - Laboratory …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Rodents are the most widely used species for scientific purposes. A critical pre-requisite of
their use, based on utilitarian ethical reasoning, is the provision of a humane death when …

Assessing affective state in laboratory rodents to promote animal welfare—what is the progress in applied refinement research?

P Jirkof, J Rudeck, L Lewejohann - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the past, there was a strong focus on avoiding or reducing negative
animal welfare in animal experimentation. Recently, the importance of promoting positive …