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Therapeutic and protective effect of environmental enrichment against psychogenic and neurogenic stress

A preponderance of the animal research data indicates that environmental enrichment exerts therapeutic and protective (anxiolytic) effects against impending threat, enduring effects of past stressor(s) and subsequent stressors.

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Fox, C., Merali, Z., Harrison, C. 2006. Therapeutic and protective effect of environmental enrichment against psychogenic and neurogenic stress. Behavioral Brain Research 175(1), 1-8.

Naturalistic enrichment: integrating enrichment and immersion landscapes

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Coe, J. C. 2006. Naturalistic enrichment: integrating enrichment and immersion landscapes. Shape of Enrichment 15(2), 6-7.

Animal welfare and protection during transport: the current legislative framework in European Union

This paper is aimed to review the current EU legislation affecting the animal transport.

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Passantino A 2006. Animal welfare and protection during transport: the current legislative framework in European Union. Annali dell' Istituto Superiore di Sanit? 42(2), 222-230.

Establishing an appropriate period of acclimatization following transportation of laboratory animals

Stress associated with transportation has widespread effects on physiological systems in laboratory animals, including changes in the cardiovascular, endocrine, immune, central nervous, and reproductive systems. Although short-lived, these changes can confound research if animals are utilized before homeostasis is restored...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Relocation & TransportAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Obernier, J. A., Baldwin, R. L. 2006. Establishing an appropriate period of acclimatization following transportation of laboratory animals. ILAR Journal 47(4), 364-369.

Handling and Restraint

Laboratory animals are handled for a number of reasons, e.g. from simple tasks such as transfer from one cage to another or to a balance for weighing, to more complex procedures such as restraint in which the animal is immobilised...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: All/General, Cat, Dog, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: National Center for the Replacement, R. a. R. o. A. i. R. 2006. Handling and Restraint. National Center for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, London.

Animal behavior research findings facilitate comprehensive captive animal care: The birth of behavioral management

Behavioral management addresses questions about animal behavior as a critical and integral component of the overall health and well-being of these animals.

Year Published: 2006Topics: Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: All/General, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Weed, J. L., O'Neill-Wagner, P. L. 2006. Animal behavior research findings facilitate comprehensive captive animal care: The birth of behavioral management. Environmental Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates. AWIC Resource series., 6.

Postsurgical pairing: a discussion by the Refinement & Enrichment Forum

Our experience-based discussion suggests that social animals benefit from compatible companionship during post-operative recovery. The traditional practice of keeping animals alone in an unfamiliar environment after surgery increases the subjects surgery-associated stress. Providing a familiar, compatible companion is likely to...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Social Housing & Companionship, Surgery & Post-OpAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Van Loo, P. L. P., Skoumbourdis, E., Reinhardt, V. 2006. Postsurgical pairing: a discussion by the Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Animal Technology and Welfare 5, 17-19.

Refinement benefits animal welfare and quality of science

In this article I present several examples of how Refinement of procedures and holistic Refinement can improve the welfare of laboratory animals and, at the same time, provide better-quality experimental results. Refinement techniques aim to minimise any pain, suffering or...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Ritskes-Hoitinga, M., Jegstrup, I. M. 2006. Refinement benefits animal welfare and quality of science. NC3Rs [National Center for the Replacement Refinement Reduction of Animals in Research] 6, 1-9.

Can non-invasive glucocorticoid measures be used as reliable indicators of stress in animals?

Refinement techniques are being increasingly employed in all fields of animal research to try to ensure that the highest standards of welfare are upheld. This review concerns one of the main emerging techniques for the assessment of welfare itself, namely...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Biological Sampling & Physiological MeasurementAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Lane, J. 2006. Can non-invasive glucocorticoid measures be used as reliable indicators of stress in animals? Animal Welfare 15(4), 331-342.

Scientific method and statistical analysis in animal technology

Introduction to and overview of scientific method, fundamental principles of statistical analysis and all the statistical tests (both parametric and non-parametric) with real examples and data sets with tables in the appendix.

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Langley, J. 2006. Scientific method and statistical analysis in animal technology. Animal Technology and Welfare 5(2), 61-85.