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Environmental enrichment ideas
Some feeding enrichment options are listed.
Year Published: 1999Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Nunnally, A. 1999. Environmental enrichment ideas. Tech Talk [The Newsletter for Laboratory Animal Science Technicians] 4(1), 1.
Read MoreVeterinarian’s role in monitoring the behavioral enrichment standards of the Animal Welfare Act
Year Published: 1999Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: McManamon, R. 1999. Veterinarian's role in monitoring the behavioral enrichment standards of the Animal Welfare Act. In: Zoo & Wild Animal Medicine: Current Therapy, Fourth Edition. Fowler, M. E. (ed), 387-391. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA.
Read MoreFirehose: Safe, economical, and versatile
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Lewis, I. 1999. Firehose: Safe, economical, and versatile. Long Call 4(3), 6-7.
Read MoreAllometric comparison of recommendations of minimum floor areas for laboratory animals
The general allometric measure seems at least a good scale for the comparison of recommended floor space, and for the discussion of species-specific needs for more or less space.
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Hackbarth, H., Bohnet, W., Tsai, P. P. 1999. Allometric comparison of recommendations of minimum floor areas for laboratory animals. Laboratory Animals 33, 351-355.
Read MoreHow to measure animal welfare? Proceedings of the Second NAHWOA (Network for Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture) Workshop, 135-142
A practical tool for assessing farm animal housing conditions in respect to animals' well-being and behavioral needs.
Year Published: 2000Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Bartussek, H. 2000. How to measure animal welfare? Proceedings of the Second NAHWOA (Network for Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture) Workshop, 135-142.
Read MoreWhat Should We Do About Animal Welfare? Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK
Excellent discussion of factors affecting the well-being of captive animals. The physical environment has complex and contradictory effects on animal welfare, but the main problems for many animals kept by humans can be simply summarized: shortage of space and lack...
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Appleby, M. C. 1999. What Should We Do About Animal Welfare? Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.
Read MoreAnimal definition: a necessity for the validity of animal experiments? Laboratory Animals 22, 121-130
In most scientific journals, experimental animals are described poorly. Whether this is scientifically justified is discussed in this article. It was concluded that when laboratory animals are used in scientific experiments, which almost always are of a quantitative nature, a...
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Orink, K. J., Rehbinder, C. 1999. Animal definition: a necessity for the validity of animal experiments? Laboratory Animals 22, 121-130.
Read MoreNew perspectives on the design and management of captive animal environments
Discussion of selected artificial and naturalistic approaches to primate environmental enrichment.
Year Published: 1999Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Shepherdson, D. 1999. New perspectives on the design and management of captive animal environments. In: Attitudes to Animals - Views in Animal Welfare. Dolins, F. L. (ed), 143-151. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Read MoreCriteria for humane endpoints
Refinement incorporates all measures taken to avoid, minimize, recognize and alleviate pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm - or to otherwise improve the welfare and well-being of the experimental subjects. [p. 27]
Year Published: 1999Topics: Humane EndpointAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Richmond, J. 1999. Criteria for humane endpoints. In: Humane Endpoints in Animal Experiments for Biomedical Research: Proceedings of the International Conference. Hendriksen, C. F. M. , Morton, D. B. (eds), 26-32. The Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, UK.
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with the IACUC?
Year Published: 2000Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Doerning, B. 2000. What's wrong with the IACUC? Lab Animal 29(10), 28.
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