Rats

Online articles

• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (2015) Rodents
• Baumans V., Brain P.F., Brugere H., Clausing P., Jeneskog T. and 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. Laboratory Animals 28(2):97-112.
• Berdoy M. (2002) The Laboratory Rat: A Natural History [film, 27 minutes].
• 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):1-32.
• Conlee K., Stephens M.L., Rowan A.N. and King L.A. (2005) Carbon dioxide for euthanasia: concerns regarding pain and distress, with special reference to mice and rats. Laboratory Animals 39(2):137-161.
• Council of Europe (2006) Appendix A of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (ETS No. 123). In: Guidelines for Accommodation and Care of Animals. Strasbourg, France: CE.
• Hem A., Smith A.J. and Solberg P. (1998) Saphenous vein puncture for blood sampling of the mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil, guinea pig, ferret and mink. Laboratory Animals 32(4):364-368.
• Hubrecht R. and Kirkwood J. (eds) (2010) The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals, 8^th ed. Oxford UK: Blackwell Science.
• Kohn D.F., Martin T.E., Foley P.L., Morris T.H., Swindle M.M., Vogler G.A. and 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 (JAALAS) 46(2):97-108.
• National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) (2015) Rodents
• NSW Department of Primary Industries, Animal Research Review Panel (2008) Guidelines for the housing of rats in scientific institutions. Orange, Australia.
• Reinhardt V. and Reinhardt A. (eds.) (2002) Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 9^th ed. Washington DC: Animal Welfare Institute.
• van Herck H., Baumans V., Brandt C.J.W., Hesp A.P.M., Sturkenboom J.H., van Lith H.A., van Tintelen G. and 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(4):377-386.
• Zeller W., Weber H., Panoussis B., Burge T. and Bergmann R. (1998) Refinement of blood sampling from the sublingual vein of rats. Laboratory Animals 32(4):369-376.