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Applied Ethology: the Basis for Improved Animal Welfare in Organic Farming

The significance of natural behaviour for animal welfare and husbandry of farm animals is reviewed and discussed.

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Waiblinger, S., Baumgartner, J., Kiley-Worthington, M. et al. 2004. Applied Ethology: the Basis for Improved Animal Welfare in Organic Farming. In: Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture. Vaarst, M., Roderick, S., Lund, V., Lockeretz, W. (eds), 117-161. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK.

Environmental enrichment: room for reduction? Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA) 32(Supplement 2), 69-71

Environmental enrichment strategies are usually regarded as refinement. However, when the welfare of animals is enhanced through successful enrichment programmes, a reduction in the number of animals needed can be expected, because fewer animals might be lost during the course...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General, Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Van de Weerd, H. A., Van Loo, P. L., Baumans. V. 2004. Environmental enrichment: room for reduction? Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA) 32(Supplement 2), 69-71.

Housing, care and environmental factors

General discussion on husbandry and regulatory issues pertaining to the housing and care of laboratory animals.

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General, Dog, Guinea Pig, Marmoset, Mouse, Nonhuman Primate, Pig, Rabbit, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Hansen, A. K. , Baumans, V. 2004. Housing, care and environmental factors. In: The Welfare of Laboratory Animals. Kaliste, E. (ed), 37-50. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Towards a new definition of the concept of refinement

If refinement is intended to improve welfare of animals, then it is such a capacity of control [of their life] that should be improved first. .. An improvement in the level of care of the person who keeps the animals...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Pollo, S., Augusto, V. 2004. Towards a new definition of the concept of refinement. Folia Primatologica 75(Supplement 1), 132-133. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

The ‘3Rs’ model and the concept of alternatives in animal research: a questionaire survey

In general, the various survey respondents judged the importance of the ethical factor as lower than scientific quality and reliability. That is, respondents considered that the suffering of the animals involved in experimental practices was not of primary importance in...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Pollo, S., Vitale, A., Zucco, F. 2004. The '3Rs' model and the concept of alternatives in animal research: a questionaire survey. Lab Animal 33(7), 47-53.

Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes 7th Edition

People who use animals for scientific purposes have an obligation to treat them with respect and consider their welfare as an essential factor when planning and conducting studies. [p. 5] Pain and distress cannot be evaluated easily in animals and...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: National Health and Medical Research Council [NHMRC] Animal Welfare Committee 2004. Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes 7th Edition. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia.

Enrichment options: Variations from the norm

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

Citation: Savastano, G. 2004. Enrichment options: Variations from the norm. Animal Keepers' Forum 31(4), 153-155.

Common husbandry-related variables in biomedical research with animals

The barren primary enclosure is an abnormal living environment for laboratory animals. Species-appropriate enrichment attenuates some of the distress resulting from chronic understimulation. Social deprivation distress of individually-caged social animals is best mitigated by the provision of compatible companionship. Biotelemetry...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 2004. Common husbandry-related variables in biomedical research with animals. Laboratory Animals 38, 213-235.

Non-invasive techniques for analysing hormonal indicators of stress

In the present work, we discuss non-invasive techniques for analysing hormonal indicators of stress, particularly glucocorticoids. Specifically, we describe methods for analysing samples of saliva, urine, and faeces, the collection of which, unlike blood sampling, does not represent a source...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Queyras, A., Carosi, M. 2004. Non-invasive techniques for analysing hormonal indicators of stress. Annali dell' Istituto Superiore di Sanit? 40(2), 211-221.

Operant conditioning

Purpose. “Conditioning” simply means learning, and the term “operant” refers to something that acts upon something else. Operant conditioning, then, is a form of testing in which an animal learns that a response, such as pressing a lever, results in...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Pritchett, K., Mulder, G. B. 2004. Operant conditioning. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 43(4), 35-36.