Mouse

Preferences for nest boxes as environmental enrichment for laboratory mice

Individual mice prefer a cage with a nest box and avoid cages without one. ... In general, the preferred nest boxes were those consisting of perforated metal or grid metal.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Van de Weerd, H. A., van Loo, P. L. P., van Zutphen, L. F. M. et al. 1998. Preferences for nest boxes as environmental enrichment for laboratory mice. Animal Welfare 7, 11-25.

Comparison of effects of restraint, cage transportation, anaesthesia and repeated bleeding on plamsa glucose levels between mice and rats

Mice showed a fairly consistent rise in levels of blood glucose if unaccustomed to [blood collection procedure] handling or if the cages were transported to an adjacent room. The same procedures when performed in rats seemed to have small or...

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Tabata, H., Kitamura, T., Nagamatsu, N. 1998. Comparison of effects of restraint, cage transportation, anaesthesia and repeated bleeding on plamsa glucose levels between mice and rats. Laboratory Animals 32, 143-148.

Voluntary wheel-running: a review and novel interpretation

Mice prefer wheels that have been made into irregular shapes, or include hurdles to jump over! This review proposes that wheel running may be an artefact of captive environments or of the running-wheel itself, possibly resulting from feedback dysfunction.

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Sherwin, C. M. 1998. Voluntary wheel-running: a review and novel interpretation. Animal Behaviour 56, 11-27.

The use and perceived importance of three resources which provide caged laboratory mice the opportunity for extended locomotion

Singly-housed mice showed a distinctive and persistent preference for a running- wheel, as opposed to a tunnel system. Wheel-running is perceived by caged animals to be a highly important activity. Running wheels should be provided for caged mice ... if...

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Sherwin, C. M. 1998. The use and perceived importance of three resources which provide caged laboratory mice the opportunity for extended locomotion. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 55, 353-367.

Circardian rhythmus of heart rate, body temperature and locomotor activity in freely moving mice measured with radio-telemetry

Applications of radio-telemetry are demonstrated and discussed.

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Kramer, K. 1998. Circardian rhythmus of heart rate, body temperature and locomotor activity in freely moving mice measured with radio-telemetry. Lab Animal 27(8), 23-26.

The Laboratory Mouse

Mouse-adequate housing is discussed.

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Baumans, V. 1999. The Laboratory Mouse. In: The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals Seventh Edition. Poole, T. , English, P. (eds), 282-312. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Use of cornhusk nesting material to reduce aggression in caged mice

The provision of cornhusk reduced aggressive interactions by offering subordinate animals cover and escape routes.

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Armstrong, K. R., Clark, T. R., Peterson, M. R. 1998. Use of cornhusk nesting material to reduce aggression in caged mice. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 37(4), 64-66.

Warning! Nearby construction can profoundly affect your experiments

This is meant to alert people to potentially major effects of construction projects on research results. Because we study the effects of stress on regulation of ACTH and corticosterone secretion and of serotonin receptors and stress on energy balance, we...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Dallman, M. F., Akana, S. F., Bell, M. E. et al. 1999. Warning! Nearby construction can profoundly affect your experiments. Endocrine 11, 111-113.

Rearing environmental enrichment in two inbred strains of mice: 1

Inanimate enrichment promoted body weight increase and reduced fear reactions.

Year Published: 1999Topics: Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Chapillon, P., Mannechi, C., Belzung, C. et al. 1999. Rearing environmental enrichment in two inbred strains of mice: 1. Effects on emotional reactivity. Behavior Genetics 29, 41-46.

Working together to improve rodent well-being

Highlights of the RSPCA/UFAW Rodent Welfare Group reports. Barn-dried, first-cut hay is pliable enough for the transgenic mice to construct ball-shaped nests, connected chambers, and runs (paper materials are not suitable). .... When supplied with hay, gerbils become very active...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Gerbil, Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Hawkins, P. 1999. Working together to improve rodent well-being. Lab Animal 28(2), 30-32.