The Sheep Grimace Scale as an indicator of post-operative distress and pain in laboratory sheep.

The EU Directive 2010/63/EU changed the requirements regarding the use of laboratory animals and raised important issues related to assessing the severity of all procedures undertaken on laboratory animals. However, quantifiable parameters to assess severity are rare, and improved assessment strateg...

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Main Authors: C Häger, S Biernot, M Buettner, S Glage, L M Keubler, N Held, E M Bleich, K Otto, C W Müller, S Decker, S R Talbot, A Bleich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5396914?pdf=render