Rodent

Animal data jeopardized by life behind bars

Well-implemented enrichment may reduce variability rather than increase it.' The irony is that all this barren environment that has been put upon animals for standardization may be the source of the variability, Garner says'

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General, Rodent

Citation: Knight, J. 2001. Animal data jeopardized by life behind bars. Nature 412, 669.

Individually ventilated cages: beneficial for mice or men? Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 41(1), 13-19

We conclude that the location of the air supply in the cage, cage size, ventilation rate and the presence of nesting material in IVC systems influence the well-being of the animals.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Baumans, V., Schlingmann, F., Vonck, M. et al. 2002. Individually ventilated cages: beneficial for mice or men? Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 41(1), 13-19.

Group housed mice: are they really stressed?

Group housing of male mice has been described as a stressful condition. In particular, subordinate male mice have been reported to show increased levels of stress-related behavioural and physiological parameters. In many studies, however, males are housed in groups of...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Bartolomucci, A., Palanza, P., Parmigiani, S. 2002. Group housed mice: are they really stressed? Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 14, 341-350.

Behavior associated with an enriched environment and with social isolation in mice

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Tueting P, Pinna G. 2002. Behavior associated with an enriched environment and with social isolation in mice. Soc for Neurosci Abstracts 2002.

Species-Specific Provisions for Rodents and Rabbits

Basic, but valuable recommendation for species-adequate housing environments.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Rabbit, Rodent

Citation: Convention of the Council of Europe 2002. Species-Specific Provisions for Rodents and Rabbits. Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

Influences of laboratory environment on behavior

Experimenter identity had the greatest association with tail-withdrawal latency. ... Precisely what differentiated experimenters in the present study remains uncertain. Experimenter age, sex and experience level did not correlate with the observed differences. All experimenters were trained by the principal...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Chesler, E. J., Wilson, S. G., Lariviere, W. R. et al. 2002. Influences of laboratory environment on behavior. Nature Neuroscience 5, 1101-1102.

Affordable noise control in a laboratory animal facility

Noise levels were reduced by as much as 15 dB in some areas. .. Reduction of noise levels by as little as 3-5 dB seems to greatly reduce apparent noise. [p. 48]

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Rodent

Citation: Carlton, D. L., Richards, W. 2002. Affordable noise control in a laboratory animal facility. Lab Animal 31(1), 47-48.

Environmental enrichment for rodents and rabbits

Access to a nestlet - which was shredded - and Mouse Igloo probably reduced anxiety and has also helped to decrease mortality in transgenic mice.Placing a Mouse Igloo and a tunnel into the cage of group-housed male mice abolished fighting....

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rabbit, Rodent

Citation: Biczak, M., Pellecchia, D. 2002. Environmental enrichment for rodents and rabbits. TriBranch Symposium 2002 , unpublished poster presentation.

Environmental enrichment reverses the effects of maternal separation onstress reactivity

Postnatal maternal separation increases hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) gene expression and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and behavioral responses to stress. We report here that environmental enrichment during the peripubertal period completely reverses the effects of maternal separation on both HPA and behavioral...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Francis, D. D., Diorio, J., Plotsky, P. M. et al. 2002. Environmental enrichment reverses the effects of maternal separation onstress reactivity. Journal of Neuroscience 22, 7840-7843.

Early-life handling stimulation and environmental enrichment: Are some of their effects mediated by similar neural mechanisms? Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 73(1), 233-245

Neonatal (early) handling (EH) and environmental enrichment (EE) of laboratory rodents have been the two most commonly used methods of providing supplementary environmental stimulation in order to study behavioral and neurobiological plasticity. A large body of research has been generated...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HandlingAnimal Type: Chinchilla, Gerbil, Guinea Pig, Hamster, Mouse, Other Rodent, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Fernández-Teruel, A., Giménez-Llort, L., Escorihuela, R. M. et al. 2002. Early-life handling stimulation and environmental enrichment: Are some of their effects mediated by similar neural mechanisms? Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 73(1), 233-245.