CO2 Chamber

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

Are you really making a statement based on a Resident Evil movie as your reason for not using CO2?

I think one should make there decision based on scientific facts and not a horror movie.

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agreed.lol

Both CO2 and cervical dislocation are humane ways of euthanizing rodents if done properly.

I've done work in the Toxicology lab at Northeastern University where I attend school. We use cervical dislocation on mice but not rats because of their size. For rats they are placed in a CO2 chamber until they "fall asleep" then using a guillotine they are decapitated. I believe what the lab follows is AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) recommendations for euthanizing animals.

If the AVMA recommends using CO2 to euthanize experimental animals I don't see what this big stink is all about.

AVMA guidelines.....

For adult rodents....

http://oacu.od.nih.gov/ARAC/EuthCO2.pdf

For neonates (and pre-natals)....

http://oacu.od.nih.gov/ARAC/euthmous.pdf

Fell free to read up on the subject before you base you opinion on a fictitious movie.

AVMA Recommendations

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

Are you really making a statement based on a Resident Evil movie as your reason for not using CO2?

I think one should make there decision based on scientific facts and not a horror movie.

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Glad I'm not the only one that saw a problem with that. :gj: