Dog

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.

Outdoor housing of laboratory dogs: Effects on activity, behaviour and physiology

Laboratory dogs are mainly housed indoors and outdoor housing is often considered to be an insecure and uncontrollable alternative. This study aimed to assess the effects of outdoor housing of laboratory dogs on their general physiology, activity and activity-related behaviours....

Year Published: 2006Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: Spangenberg, E. M. F., Björklund, L., Dahlborn, K. 2006. Outdoor housing of laboratory dogs: Effects on activity, behaviour and physiology. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 8, 260-276 .

The Laboratory Canine

Year Published: 2007Animal Type: Dog

Citation: Field, G. , Jackson, T. A. 2007. The Laboratory Canine. Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.

Environmental enrichment: mirrors, music, toys, paper-based items and wooden objects

The literature suggests that mirrors may be useful to buffer isolation stress in some species. We do not really know if being forced to listen to loud music of the personnel's liking is also to the animals' liking. If it...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General, Dog, Rabbit, Rat, Rodent

Citation: LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Environmental enrichment: mirrors, music, toys, paper-based items and wooden objects. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 60-71. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Environmental enrichment: beds for dogs

An easy way to make a bed for dogs is to buy plastic dog kennels and use each half as a bed. It provides three sides that are high enough to give the animal a sense of security. Our dogs...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Environmental enrichment: beds for dogs. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 79-80. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Pound dogs – how to work with them in the research laboratory

Animal lives could be saved if pound dogs, who have not been adopted in time, were given to research labs rather than killed and another healthy purpose-bred dog used for research instead. Working with pound dogs can be very challenging...

Year Published: 2007Animal Type: Dog

Citation: LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Pound dogs - how to work with them in the research laboratory. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 25-27. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Environmental enrichment: Vertical space enhancement

Under normal circumstances - when the cage is not flooded - rodents do not necessarily benefit from a raised platform, unless it also provides cover.Raised resting surfaces are liked by dogs. They provide some degree of security, increase the dog's...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Dog, Rodent

Citation: LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Environmental enrichment:Vertical space enhancement. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 80-86. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Social-housing of cats and dogs; exercise for dogs

Permanent social housing of cats can be a safe arrangement under the condition that the primary enclosure is properly structured and the personnel committed to providing high-quality care. If all animals of a group are spayed or neutered, the social...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Cat, Dog

Citation: LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Social-housing of cats and dogs; exercise for dogs. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 106-110. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Maladaptive behaviors: Stereotypical behavior; hair pulling-and-eating and alopecia (hair loss); self-injurious biting

Animals kept in legally minimum-sized, unstructured enclosures very often exhibit stereotypical behaviors. Traditionally, these repetitive movement patterns without obvious goals or functions are categorized as abnormal. A healthy animal kept in a small, barren enclosure has little choice of expressing...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Abnormal/Problematic BehaviorAnimal Type: All/General, Cat, Dog, Guinea Pig, Nonhuman Primate, Rabbit, Rodent

Citation: LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Maladaptive behaviors: Stereotypical behavior; hair pulling-and-eating and alopecia (hair loss); self-injurious biting. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 39-45. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Using toys as a means of environmental enrichment for pupose-bred canines (Canis familiaris)

Since adding the use of toys to our socialization program, the percentage of puppies that come to the front of their cages has risen 10%.

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: Margules, N. 2007. Using toys as a means of environmental enrichment for pupose-bred canines (Canis familiaris). American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 47-48 (Abstract).