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The latest in definitions

Environmental enrichment is a process for improving or enhancing animal environments and care within the context of the inhabitants biology and natural history. It is a dynamic process in which changes to structures and husbandry practices are made with the...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Anonymous 2002. The latest in definitions. The Shape of Enrichment 11(1).

Definition of Pain and Distress and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Animals

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Institute for Laboratory Animal Research 2002. Definition of Pain and Distress and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Animals. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

Ethical aspects of relationships between humans and research animals

More often than not, moral dilemmas are the result of good people trying to do the right thing when the right thing is unclear [p. 29]. I have spoken with some animal care staff who have complained about investigators who...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Herzog, H. 2002. Ethical aspects of relationships between humans and research animals. ILAR Journal 43(1), 27-32.

Future improvements and implementation of animal care practices within the animal testing regulatory environment

The enrichment of the animals' environment will not likely affect the interpretation of the results, particularly if adequate controls are used. Appropriate enrichment methods can be chosen to be compatible with the aims of the study [p. 82].

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Guittin, P., Decelle, T. 2002. Future improvements and implementation of animal care practices within the animal testing regulatory environment. ILAR Journal 43(Supplement), S80-S84.

Ethical implications of the human-animal bond

Researchers must continue to question the barriers that have traditionally been erected against forming HABs [human-animal bonds] in the name of objectivity and to investigate seriously the ways in which fostering the formation of HABs can promote animal welfare without...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Russow, L.-M. 2002. Ethical implications of the human-animal bond. ILAR Journal 43(1), 33-37.

Animal Domestication and Behavior

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Price, E. O. 2002. Animal Domestication and Behavior. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.

Overview and analysis of animal use in North America

It was estimated that the U.S. used a total [rats, mice and birds included] of 23 million animals in 1980.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Gauthier, C. 2002. Overview and analysis of animal use in North America. Proceedings of the World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, 125 (Abstract).

Why every scientist should care about animal welfare: Abnormal repetitive behavior and brain function in captive animals

Barren laboratory housing also induces abnormal behaviors in many species, particularly stereotypies, fur and feather plucking, and self-mutilation. Similar behaviors in human mental disorder are correlated with dysfunction in brain areas that control the selection and sequencing of behavior. Experiments...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Abnormal/Problematic BehaviorAnimal Type: All/General, Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Garner, J. P. 2002. Why every scientist should care about animal welfare: Abnormal repetitive behavior and brain function in captive animals. Proceedings of the World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, 95 (Abstract).

Guidelines for the design and statistical analysis of experiments using laboratory animals

If scientists are to have the privilege of being allowed to do painful experiments on animals, they must ensure that their experiments are beyond criticism.

Year Published: 2002Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Festing, M. F. W., Altman, D. G. 2002. Guidelines for the design and statistical analysis of experiments using laboratory animals. ILAR Journal 43(4), 244-258.

Prediction and preparation: Pavlovian implications of research animals discriminating among humans

The presence of humans as possible confounding variables is discussed. Human subjects are rarely if ever passive sources of data in studies involving animals.

Year Published: 2002Topics: Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Davis, H. 2002. Prediction and preparation: Pavlovian implications of research animals discriminating among humans. ILAR Journal 43(1), 19-26.