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Animal Welfare (2nd ed): Social Conditions

Discussion of animal welfare implications of animate enrichment.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Mendl, M. , Newberry, R. C. 1997. Social conditions. In: Animal Welfare (2nd ed). Appleby, M. C. , Hughes, B. O. (eds), 191-203. CAB International, New York, NY.

Animal use in research, 1973-1995

Statistics of regulated animals in research.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Shalev, M. 1997. Animal use in research, 1973-1995. Lab Animal 26(1), 14-16.

Control and complexity in novel object enrichment

We discuss the properties of controllability and complexity in novel object enrichment, their definition and present a critique of previous work related to them.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Sambrook, T. D., Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 1997. Control and complexity in novel object enrichment. Animal Welfare 6(3), 207-216.

Shooting the clock: Timeless lessons of the past still guide today’s refinement initiatives

Scientifically, we must ensure the validity of research results and a stressed animal is not a proper specimen for science. .. Whenever replacement is not yet possible, refinement (generally accompanied by reduction) is essential for both science and animal welfare.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Russell, W. M. S. 1997. Shooting the clock: Timeless lessons of the past still guide today's refinement initiatives. Science and Animal Care [WARDS Newsletter] 8(3), 1-2.

Physiological and endocrine effects of social contact

Nonnoxious sensory stimulation associated with friendly social interaction induces a psychophysiological response pattern involving sedation, relaxation, decreased sympathoadrenal activity, and increased vagal nerve tone and thereby an endocrine and metabolic pattern favoring the storage of nutrients and growth. It is...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Uvnas-Moberg, K. 1997. Physiological and endocrine effects of social contact. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 807, 146-163.

Reporting animal use in scientific papers

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Smith, J. A., Birke, L., Sadler, D. 1997. Reporting animal use in scientific papers. Laboratory Animals 31, 312-317.

Understanding the relationship between environment and reproduction in captive animals: The role of environmental enrichment

A general discussion of the relationship between environmental enrichment and reproduction.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, ReproductionAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Shepherdson, D. , Carlstead, K. 1997. Understanding the relationship between environment and reproduction in captive animals: The role of environmental enrichment. In: Proceedings on the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Holst, B. (ed), 218-230. Copenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, DK.

Why enrichment needs science behind it: Addressing disturbance-related behavior as an example

The scientific evaluation of environmental enrichment might be promoted by using a variety of scientific theories as a framework for understanding enrichment.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Bloomsmith, M. A. , Maple, T. L. 1998. Why enrichment needs science behind it: Addressing disturbance-related behavior as an example. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Hare, V. J. , Worley, E. (eds), 28-31. The Shape of Enrichment, San Diego, CA.

Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching

These guidelines should not be considered an imposition upon the scientific freedom of individual researchers, but rather as helping to provide an ethical framework which each investigator may use in making decisions related to animal welfare.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Animal Behaviour Society 1998. Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching. Animal Behaviour 55, 251-257.

Conceptions of enrichment lead to a new model of animal care

Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Johnson, A. 1998. Conceptions of enrichment lead to a new model of animal care. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Hare, V. J. , Worley, K. E. (eds), 49-60. The Shape of Enrichment, San Diego, CA.