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Is “cooling then freezing” a humane way to kill amphibians and reptiles?

What is the most humane way to kill amphibians and small reptiles that are used in research? Historically, such animals were often killed by cooling followed by freezing, but this method was outlawed by ethics committees because of concerns that ice-crystals may form in peripheral tissues while the...

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Autores principales: Shine, Richard, Amiel, Joshua, Munn, Adam J., Stewart, Mathew, Vyssotski, Alexei L., Lesku, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4571096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26015533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.012179