Carbon Dioxide Use for Euthanasia of Laboratory Animals
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The literature on the use of carbon dioxide for inhalation euthanasia of laboratory animals can be considered separately for rodents and poultry. It discusses measurement of aversion to carbon dioxide at different concentrations and with different methods of use, the importance of user training and the variation amongst existing international guidelines. Recent literature recommends the use of halothane for rats and enflurane for mice as the most humane methods of inhalation euthanasia. For chickens a mixture of 60 % argon and 30% carbon dioxide mixture in air is considered to be the most humane method of inhalation euthanasia.
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