Behavioral and corticosterone responses to carbon dioxide exposure in reptiles.

The use of carbon dioxide (CO2) exposure as a means of animal euthanasia has received considerable attention in mammals and birds but remains virtually untested in reptiles. We measured the behavioral responses of four squamate reptile species (Homalopsis buccata, Malayopython reticulatus, Python bi...

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Main Authors: Daniel J D Natusch, Patrick W Aust, Syarifah Khadiejah, Hartini Ithnin, Ain Isa, Che Ku Zamzuri, Andre Ganswindt, Dale F DeNardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240176