Species-Specific Resources

This section of the Three Rs microsite contains all references from the site that provide species-specific information.

Rats

Online articles

• Baumans V., Brain P.F., Brugere H., Clausing P., Jeneskog T. & Perretta G. (1994) Pain and distress in laboratory rodents and lagomorphs. Report of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) Working Group on Pain and Distress.
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• Conlee K., Stephens M.L., Rowan A.N. & King L.A. (2005) Carbon dioxide for euthanasia: concerns regarding pain and distress, with special reference to mice and rats. Laboratory Animals 39:137-161.
  
  
• Hem A., Smith A.J. & Solberg, P. (1998) Saphenous vein puncture for blood sampling of the mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil, guinea pig, ferret and mink. Laboratory Animals 32:364-368.

• van Herck H., Baumans V., Brandt C.J.W., Hesp A.P.M., Sturkenboom J.H., van Lith H.A., van Tintelen G. & Beynen A.C. (1998) Orbital sinus blood sampling in rats as performed by different animal technicians: the influence of technique and expertise. Laboratory Animals 32:377-386.
• Zeller W., Weber H., Panoussis B., Burge T. & Bergmann R. (1998) Refinement of blood sampling from the sublingual vein of rats. Laboratory Animals 32:369-376.

Online resources

• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (2006) Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Rodents. AWIC Resource Series No. 37.
• Berdoy, M. (2002) The Laboratory Rat: A Natural History. Film (27 minutes).

Other publications

• Burns C.C. (2008). What is it like to be a rat? Rat sensory perception and its implications for experimental design and rat welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 112:1-32.
• Kohn D.F., Martin T.E., Foley P.L., Morris T.H., Swindle M.M., Vogler G.A. & Wixson S.K. (2007) Guidelines for the assessment and management of pain in rodents and rabbits. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science 46:97-108.

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