Working Party Reports

S. Owen, C. Thomas, P. West, S. Wolfensohn, and M. Wood

Report on primate supply for biomedical scientific work in the UK
Lab Anim 31(4): 289-297; doi:10.1258/002367797780596149 [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. Weber, E. Berge, J. Finch, P. Heidt, G. Hunsmann, G. Perretta, and B. Verschuere

Sanitary aspects of handling non-human primates during transport: Report of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) Working Group on Non-human Primate Health accepted by the FELASA Board of Management, April 1997
Lab Anim 31(4): 298-302; doi:10.1258/002367797780596185 [PDF]  

Papers

S. E. Wolfensohn

Brief review of scientific studies of the welfare implications of transporting primates
Lab Anim 31(4): 303-305; doi:10.1258/002367797780596167 [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. Fuchs, C. Kirschbaum, D. Benisch, and A. Bieser

Salivary cortisol: a non-invasive measure of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical activity in the squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus
Lab Anim 31(4): 306-311; doi:10.1258/002367797780596077 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jane A. Smith, Lynda Birke, and Dawn Sadler

Reporting animal use in scientific papers
Lab Anim 31(4): 312-317; doi:10.1258/002367797780596176 [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. L. P. van Loo, L. A. Everse, M. R. Bernsen, V. Baumans, L. J. Hellebrekers, C. L. J. J. Kruitwagen, and W. den Otter

Analgesics in mice used in cancer research: reduction of discomfort?
Lab Anim 31(4): 318-325; doi:10.1258/002367797780596211 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Diogéne, M. Dufour, G. G. Poirier, and D. Nadeau

Extrusion of earthworm coelomocytes: comparison of the cell populations recovered from the species Lumbricus terrestris, Eisenia fetida and Octolasion tyrtaeum
Lab Anim 31(4): 326-336; doi:10.1258/002367797780596068 [Abstract] [PDF]  

William Smith and Stephen B. Harrap

Behavioural and cardiovascular responses of rats to euthanasia using carbon dioxide gas
Lab Anim 31(4): 337-346; doi:10.1258/002367797780596130 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Steven Bochnowicz, Ruth R. Osborn, W. P. Hay, and David C. Underwood

Hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in an optimized environment for the guineapig
Lab Anim 31(4): 347-356; doi:10.1258/002367797780596112 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Pérez, J. R. Canal, E. Domínguez, J. E. Campillo, M. Guillén, and M. D. Torres

Individual housing influences certain biochemical parameters in the rat
Lab Anim 31(4): 357-361; doi:10.1258/002367797780596158 [Abstract] [PDF]  

R. J. Turner, S. D. E. Held, J. E. Hirst, G. Billinghurst, and R. J. Wootton

An immunological assessment of group-housed rabbits
Lab Anim 31(4): 362-372; doi:10.1258/002367797780596194 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria Angelica Guzman-Silva

Systemic mast cell disease in the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus: case report
Lab Anim 31(4): 373-378; doi:10.1258/002367797780596121 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Book reviews

Book reviews
Lab Anim 31(4): 379-385; doi:10.1258/002367797780596103 [PDF]  

Notes and comments

Notes and comments
Lab Anim 31(4): 386-389; doi:10.1258/002367797780596086 [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor

Hiroshi Hiai

Hereditary cataract mouse with lens rupture: disputed priority
Lab Anim 31(4): 389-390; doi:10.1258/002367797780596202 [PDF]  

Chang-Woo Song

The authors reply:
Lab Anim 31(4): 390; doi:10.1258/002367797780596095 [PDF]  

Contents of other journals

Contents of other journals
Lab Anim 31(4): 391-392; doi:10.1258/002367797780596059 [PDF]  

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