Mouse

Housing for Laboratory Rats, Mice, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits

General recommendations for the species-adequate housing of rats, mice, guinea pigs and rabbits

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Mouse, Rabbit, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Hargreaves, A. L. 2000. Housing for Laboratory Rats, Mice, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits. Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Testing, Wellington, New Zealand.

The use of telemetry to refine experimental technique

Individual housing in mice was associated with significantly increased heart rate.

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Einstein, R., Rowan, C., Billing, R. et al. 2000. The use of telemetry to refine experimental technique. In: Progress in the Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of Animal Experimentation. Balls, M., Van Zeller, A. M., Halder, M. E. (eds), 1187-1197. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Modulation of aggression in male mice: Influence of cage cleaning regime and scent marks

Group housing of male laboratory mice often leads to welfare problems due to aggressive behaviour. ... Aggression peaks after disturbances such as cage cleaning .. Our results indicated that neither kinship nor distribution of urine marks affected aggression. Olfactory cues...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Van Loo, P. L. P., Kruitwagen, C. L. J. J., Van Zutphen, L. F. M. 2000. Modulation of aggression in male mice: Influence of cage cleaning regime and scent marks. Animal Welfare 9, 281-295.

Delaying the onset of Huntington’s in mice

Huntington's disease is an inherited (autosomal dominant) disorder in which there is progressive neurodegeneration, affecting the corpus striatum and cerebral cortex of the brain, and for which there is no known cure. Transgenic mice have been created that develop a...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Van Dellen, A., Blakemore, C., Deacon, R. et al. 2000. Delaying the onset of Huntington?s in mice. Nature 404, 721-722.

Open-field behavior of house mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running

Open-field behavioral assays are commonly used to test both locomotor activity and emotionality in rodents. We performed open-field tests on house mice (Mus domesticus) from four replicate lines genetically selected for high voluntary wheel-running for 22 generations and from four...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Bronikowski, A. M., Carter, P. A., Swallow, J. G. et al. 2001. Open-field behavior of house mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running. Behavior Genetics 31, 309-316.

Commercial cotton nesting material as a predisposing factor for conjunctivitis in athymic nude mice

A colony of Hsd:Athymic Nude-nu mice was found to have an increased prevalence of conjunctivitis. It was theorized, because Athymic Nude mice lack the normal fur, i.e., guard hairs, and eye lashes, the fibers from nestlets can easily become embedded...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Bazille, P. G., Walden, S. D., Koniar, B. L. et al. 2001. Commercial cotton nesting material as a predisposing factor for conjunctivitis in athymic nude mice. Lab Animal 30(5), 40-42.

Preference of mice, Mus musculus, for different types of running wheel

Strong preference was shown for running wheels with plastic mesh flooring, rather than the standard metal rods only. The preference for the plastic mesh was present in mice of different ages from different sources, and in both choice and single...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Banjanin, S., Mrosovsky, N. 2000. Preference of mice, Mus musculus, for different types of running wheel. Laboratory Animals 34, 313-318.

The use of cage enrichment to reduce male mouse aggression

Aggression was significantly reduced by the addition of novel enrichment [cardboard box, softwood block, cardboard tube]. This reduction was expected as the provision of environmental enrichment for naive animals would decrease the familiarity of the cage and, therefore, lead to...

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Ambrose, N., Morton, D. B. 2000. The use of cage enrichment to reduce male mouse aggression. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 3, 117-125.

Revolutionary Science: An improved running wheel for hamsters and mice

Golden hamsters and mice ran more in wheels with the floor covered with plastic mesh than in wheels with the usual metal rods. Small diameter wheels were preferred less than standard 17.5-cm wheels.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Hamster, Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Mrosovsky, N., Salmon, P., White, N. 2001. Revolutionary Science: An improved running wheel for hamsters and mice. CALAS/ACSAL Symposium, 29 (Abstract).

Practical environmental enrichment for rats and mice (The results of a survey)

The overall aim of this report is .. to share best practice and offer some suggestions as to what can be done to improve the quality of life for the animals in our care.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Mortell, N. 2001. Practical environmental enrichment for rats and mice (The results of a survey). Animal Technology 52, 1-19.