Robustness of a multivariate composite score when evaluating distress of animal models for gastrointestinal diseases
S. R. Talbot, S. Kumstel, B. Schulz, G. Tang, A. Abdelrahman, N. Seume, E. H. U. Wendt, J. Eichberg, C. Hager, A. Bleich, B. Vollmar, D. Zechner
The paper evaluates distress parameters in animal models of gastrointestinal diseases and introduces RELSA, a composite score that robustly assesses severity across models.
bioRxiv · Nov 14, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition