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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (71516)	6/26/2006 4:44:36 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361063

labanimals.stanford.edu I. Characteristics Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a safe and humane method of euthanasia that is a preferred technique for use with adult rodents. The gas is inexpensive, nonflammable, and nonexplosive. Furthermore, several rodents can be rapidly euthanized simultaneously. It causes no accumulation of exogenous chemical residues in tissues nor does it produce observable histological changes in non-pulmonary tissues (however there may be slight pulmonary effects). It can be administered using fairly simple equipment that can be located anywhere in a facility or fixed to a mobile platform for portable use. Exposure to high concentrations of CO2 has an initial rapid depressant and anesthetic effect, which is followed by death through asphyxiation.