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Animal enrichment and socialization in an indoor research facility

Based on our experience, a broadly applied environmental enrichment program .. improves the welfare of the research animals, the quality of the research environment, and job satisfaction for employees.

Year Published: 2008Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Jeans, G. L., Corcoran, K. D., Wheatley, J. L. et al. 2008. Animal enrichment and socialization in an indoor research facility. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 91 (Abstract).

Transforming environmental health protection

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the evolution of toxicology from a perdominantly observational science at the level of disease-specific models...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Collins, F. S., Gray, G. M., Bucher, J. R. 2008. Transforming environmental health protection. Science 319(5865), 906-907.

Estimates for worldwide laboratory animal use in 2005

Animal experimentation continues to generate public and political concern worldwide. Relatively few countries collate and publish animal use statistics, yet this is a first and essential step toward public accountability and an informed debate, as well as being important for...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Taylor, K., Gordon, N., Langley, G. et al. 2008. Estimates for worldwide laboratory animal use in 2005. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals [ATLA] 36, 327-342.

Operant animal welfare: productive approaches and persistent difficulties

Operant procedures occupy a prominent role within animal welfare science because they provide information about the strength of animals' preferences. It is assumed that strongly motivated choices commonly indicate conditions necessary for uncompromised welfare. A review of the literature shows...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Pattereson-Kane, E. G., Pittman, M., Pajor, E. A. 2008. Operant animal welfare: productive approaches and persistent difficulties. Animal Welfare 17, 139-148.

Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals

The book focuses specifically on the scientific understanding of the causes and the functions of stress and distress, the transformation of stress to distress, and the identification of principles for the recognition and alleviation of distress. This book discusses the...

Year Published: 2008Topics: Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: National Research Council. 2008. Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals. The National Academies Press: Washington, DC, 136 pp.

Collaboration between academia and industry with focus on improvement of the welfare of both animals and humans in laboratory animal facilities

The vision of the Centre of Applied Animal Research is described.

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Ottesen, J. L., Mikkelsen, L. F., Bertelsen, T. et al. 2008. Collaboration between academia and industry with focus on improvement of the welfare of both animals and humans in laboratory animal facilities. AATEX (Alternatives to Animal Testing and Experimentation) 14(Special Issue), 69-71.

Guidelines to Promote the Wellbeing of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes: The Assessment and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Research Animals

this document is also relevant to people that conduct, review or manageresearch with animals all over the world.

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: All/General

Citation: National Health and Medical Research Council 2008. Guidelines to Promote the Wellbeing of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes: The Assessment and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Research Animals. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia.

Does distress matter?

Year Published: 2008Topics: Emotion, Pain, & SentienceAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: MacArthur Clark, J. 2008. Does distress matter? AATEX (Alternatives to Animal Testing and Experimentation) 14(Special Issue), 93-95.

The standards of the rearing environment for laboratory animals in Japan

In Japan, the Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) provides guidelines for laboratory animal facilities and equipment. Guidelines are not legally binding but serve as the authority for proper facilities and equipment management. The first guideline draft, proposed in 1966, was...

Year Published: 2008Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Hachisu, H. 2008. The standards of the rearing environment for laboratory animals in Japan. AATEX (Alternatives to Animal Testing and Experimentation) 14, 57-59.

Standards of accommodation and care for animals used in scientific procedures in Europe

The regulation of the use of animals for experimental and other scientific purposes and the determination of minimum required standards of animal care and accommodation within Europe is generally informed by recommendations and conventions at the level of the Council...

Year Published: 2008Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Anderson, D. B. 2008. Standards of accommodation and care for animals used in scientific procedures in Europe. AATEX (Alternatives to Animal Testing and Experimentation) 14(Special Issue), 51-55.