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Noise and laboratory animals

The preponderance of experimental evidence gathered over the past three decades indicates that exposure to intense noise can lead to a wide variety of functional and structural changes in laboratory animals. Although little information regarding noise effects at more moderate...

Year Published: 1980Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Peterson, E. A. 1980. Noise and laboratory animals. Laboratory Animal Science 30, 422-439.

Environmental effects on animals used in biomedical research

The intensity of light in animal cages is likely to be the most variable environmental factor in the average animal room. p 512Of 250 articles only 32% report details on caging, 11% on bedding material, 42% on lighting and 0%...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: All/General, Rodent

Citation: Clough, G. 1982. Environmental effects on animals used in biomedical research. Biological Reviews 57, 487-523.

Ethical guidelines for investigations of experimental pain in conscious animals

Investigators ... should accept a general attitude in which the animal is regarded not as an object for exploitation, but as a living individual [p. 109].

Year Published: 1983Topics: Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Zimmermann, M. 1983. Ethical guidelines for investigations of experimental pain in conscious animals. Pain 16, 109-110.

Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Volume 2

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Canadian Council on Animal Care 1984. Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Volume 2 . Canadian Council on Animal Care, Ottawa, Canada.

Guidelines for specification of animals and husbandry methods when reporting the results of experiments

Results are only useful for comparison if all the relevant information concerning experimental conditions is made available. Having to repeat experiments simply because they were badly documented is annoying, time-consuming and expensive. Far more important, it also means that animals...

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Working Committee for the Biological Characterization of laboratory animals/GV-SOLAS 1985. Guidelines for specification of animals and husbandry methods when reporting the results of experiments. Laboratory Animals 19, 106-108.

A definition of stress? In: Animal Stress

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Levine, S. 1985. A definition of stress? In: Animal Stress. Moberg, G. P. (ed), 51-69. Waverly Press, Baltimore, MD.

Animal boredom: Is a scientific study of the subjective experiences of animal possible? In: Advances in Animal Welfare

Boredome, is a process in which animals gradually cease to be active interactors and loose their interest in the environment, becoming apathetic and/or inflexible in their responses.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Wemelsfelder, F. 1985. Animal boredom: Is a scientific study of the subjective experiences of animal possible? In: Advances in Animal Welfare. Fox, M. W. , Mickley, L. D. (eds), 115-154. Marinus Nijhoff, Den Haag, Netherlands.

Prevention of cage-associated distress

It is our belief that the way laboratory animals are usually caged caused them distress. Environmental enrichment in relation to reduction of distress is discussed. No data are included in this article.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Spinelli, J. S., Markowitz, H. 1985. Prevention of cage-associated distress. Lab Animal 14(8), 19-22, 24, 28.

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 6th Edition

Good husbandry minimizes variations that can modify an animal's response to experimentation [p. 11]] ...Lighting should be uniformly diffused throughout animal facilities to provide sufficient illumination to aid in maintaining good houskeeping practices, adequate inspection of animals, safe working conditions...

Year Published: 1985Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: National Research Council. 1985. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 6th Edition. National Institutes of Health: Bethesda, MD.

Council Directive 86/609 on the Approximation of Laws, Regulations, and Administrative Provisions Regarding the Protection of Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes, Annex II Guidelines for Accommodation and Care of Animals

European guidelines for housing and handling of laboratory animals. The performance of an animal during an experiment depends very much on its confidence in man, something which has to be developed. ... It is therefore recommended that frequent contact should...

Year Published: 1986Animal Type: All/General

Citation: European Economic Community 1986. Council Directive 86/609 on the Approximation of Laws, Regulations, and Administrative Provisions Regarding the Protection of Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes, Annex II Guidelines for Accommodation and Care of Animals. Official Journal of the European Communities, 7-28.