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Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

Year Published: 2003Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Young, R. J. 2003. Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Refinements in telemetry procedures: Seventh report of BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement, Part A

This report is intended to help scientists, animal technicians, veterinarians and members of ethics or animal care and use committees to re ne all aspects of telemetry procedures, from the project planning stage through to reporting finished research. It is...

Year Published: 2003Topics: Biological Sampling & Physiological MeasurementAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Morton, D. B., Hawkins, P., Bevan, R. et al. 2003. Refinements in telemetry procedures: Seventh report of BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement, Part A. Laboratory Animals 37(4), 261-299.

Environmental enrichment program development: hurdling the common obstacles

This article focuses on the difficulties often encountered during environmental enrichment program development and methods to overcome these obstacles.

Year Published: 2003Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Steward, K. L. 2003. Environmental enrichment program development: hurdling the common obstacles. Animal Technology and Welfare 2, 9-12.

Strategy for controlling noise and vibration during renovation of an animal facility

Efforts to mitigte the generation of noise and vibration are described.

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Sobotka, T. J., Harper, S., Hanig, J. et al. 2003. Strategy for controlling noise and vibration during renovation of an animal facility. Lab Animal 32(7), 34-39.

A Resource Book for Lay Members of Local Ethical Review Processes

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Smith, J. , Jennings, M. 2003. A Resource Book for Lay Members of Local Ethical Review Processes. Royal Society for the Protection of Animals [RSPCA], Horsham, UK.

What Animals Want: Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy

A scholary examination of the development and impact of laboratory animal welfare legislation in the USA.

Year Published: 2004Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Carbone, L. 2004. What Animals Want: Expertise and Advocacy in Laboratory Animal Welfare Policy. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

Noninvasive endocrine data for behavioural studies: the importance of validation

Faecal, hair of feather samples can indicate only average hormone levels over a considerable, and possibly unkown, period. .. Steroids in faecal and urine samples are highly prone to degradion, probably because of the high levels of bacteria present. .....

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Buchanan, K. L., Goldsmith, A. R. 2004. Noninvasive endocrine data for behavioural studies: the importance of validation. Animal Behaviour 67, 183-185.

Reducing the invasiveness of obtaining blood-borne measures in animals

A common confounding problem is that the experimental techniques may themselves elicit stress responses in the animal. A technique [electrosonophoresis] is described and tested in humans and sheep allowing measurement of alalytes such as certain hormones, immunoglobulins by creating a...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Cook, C., Thomas, D. 2004. Reducing the invasiveness of obtaining blood-borne measures in animals. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals [ATLA] 32(Supplement), 203-207.

Enrichment is not always enriching

Study evaluates whether any enrichment provides global benefits to the animal or whether the benefits are specific to the type of enrichment received.

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Hepper, G. P., Wells, D. L. 2004. Enrichment is not always enriching. Animal Welfare 13(S), 243 (Abstract).

Overview and analysis of animal use in North America

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Gauthier, C. 2004. Overview and analysis of animal use in North America. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals [ATLA] 32(Supplement ), 275-285.