Rodent

Stress hyperthermia: Physiological arguments that it is fever

Manual restraint increases body temperature in rats.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Briese, E., Cabanac, M. 1991. Stress hyperthermia: Physiological arguments that it is fever. Physiology and Behavior 49, 1153-1157.

Choice by rats for enriched versus standard home cages: Plastic pipes, wood platforms, wood chips, and paper towels as enrichment items

Most [of the individually tested male] rats preferred cages with wood platforms, wood chips, and paper towels to otherwise identical [barren, wire mesh] cages. .... Plastic pipes ... were not preferred by most animals. Both wood platforms and paper towels...

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Bradshaw, A. L., Poling, A. 1991. Choice by rats for enriched versus standard home cages: Plastic pipes, wood platforms, wood chips, and paper towels as enrichment items. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 55, 245-250.

Resource location and structural properties of the nestbox as determinants of nest-site selection in the golden hamster

Dark nest boxes were preferred over transparent nest boxes.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Ottoni, E. B., Ades, C. 1991. Resource location and structural properties of the nestbox as determinants of nest-site selection in the golden hamster. Animal Learning and Behavior 19, 234-240.

Beddings for laboratory animals: criteria of biological evaluation

Aspen bedding was the favorite of five bedding materials.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Rodent

Citation: Odynets, A., Simonova, O., Kozhuhov, A. 1991. Beddings for laboratory animals: criteria of biological evaluation. Laboratornye Zhyvotnye 1, 70-76.

Reply to Jones R.B. 1991 article ‘Varied cages and aggression. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27: 295-296’

Aggression between male mice were lower when cages were partially cleaned.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: McGregor, P. K., Barnard, C., Hurst, J. L. 1991. Reply to Jones R.B. 1991 article 'Varied cages and aggression. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27: 295-296. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27, 297-299.

Improved housing of mice, rats and guinea pigs: a contribution to the refinement of animal experimentation

It is suggested that the housing of laboratory rodents should be improved by the use of larger and moreappropriate cage types, as well as by reducing the monotonyof conventional housing systems... Guinea pigs readily chew softwood sticks.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Scharmann, W. 1991. Improved housing of mice, rats and guinea pigs: a contribution to the refinement of animal experimentation. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals [ATLA] 19, 108-114.

Social experience, behavior and stress in guinea pigs

Guinea pigs require considerable socialisation to acquire the skills necessary to build up stable social structures. If rearing conditions are inadequate this creates conditions of social instability and extreme endocrine changes occur.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Rodent

Citation: Sachser, N., Lick, C. 1991. Social experience, behavior and stress in guinea pigs. Physiology and Behavior 50, 83-90.

Social experience, behaviour, stress and health in guinea pigs

These data suggest that guinea pigs require considerable socialisation to acquire the skills necessary to build up stable social structures. If rearing conditions are inadequate this creates conditions of social instability and extreme endocrine changes occur.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Rodent

Citation: Sachser, N. 1991. Social experience, behaviour, stress and health in guinea pigs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 31, 289 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment for laboratory mice (Mus musculus)

It must be considered as doubtful whether the current bland and unenriched laboratory animal cage environment is either sufficient or able to fulfill the legitimate requirements of this species. Water bottles containing sawdust provide effective cage enrichment for laboratory mice....

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Ward, G. E., DeMille, D. 1991. Environmental enrichment for laboratory mice (Mus musculus) . Animal Technology 42 , 149-156.

Description and validation of a preference test system to evaluate housing conditions for laboratory mice

A preference test system is described in detail.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Blom, H. J. M., Van Vorstenbosch, C. J. A. H. V., Baumans, V. et al. 1992. Description and validation of a preference test system to evaluate housing conditions for laboratory mice. Applied Animal Welfare Science 35, 67-82.