Publications

Positive reinforcement training as physiotherapy for a brown capuchin (Sapajus apella)

Physiotherapy can be used to treat an animal following surgery, to help correcting abnormal gait and for treating tendon, bone or ligament damage. […] Of course, an animal can't just be given a set of exercises to follow. To carry...

Year Published: 2020Topics: Animal Training, Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Coventry, C. 2020. Positive reinforcement training as physiotherapy for a brown capuchin (Sapajus apella). RATEL (Journal of the Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers) 47(2), 16-17.

Buprenorphine, but not lidocaine, effectively attenuates post-operative thermal hypersensitivity in an incisional model in neonatal rats (Rattus norvegicus)

There is limited information on safe and effective neonatal rodent analgesia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and duration of analgesia provided by buprenorphine (Bup) and lidocaine (Lid) in an incisional pain model. Male and female...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Analgesia, Surgery & Post-OpAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Katz, E. M., Huss, M. K., Jampachaisri, K. et al. 2021. Buprenorphine, but not lidocaine, effectively attenuates post-operative thermal hypersensitivity in an incisional model in neonatal rats (Rattus norvegicus). Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 47(1), 1-11.

Acute environmental temperature variation affects brain protein expression, anxiety and explorative behaviour in adult zebrafish

This study investigated the effect of 4-d acute thermal treatments at 18 °C, 26 °C (control) and 34 °C on the nervous system of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) using a multidisciplinary approach based on behavioural tests and brain proteomic analysis....

Year Published: 2021Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Fish, Zebrafish

Citation: Nonnis, S., Angiulli, E., Maffioli, E. et al. 2021. Acute environmental temperature variation affects brain protein expression, anxiety and explorative behaviour in adult zebrafish. Scientific Reports 11(1), 2521.

Motivation to dust-bathe of laying hens housed in cages and in aviaries

New housing systems for commercial egg production, furnished cages and non-cage systems, should improve the welfare of laying hens. In particular, thanks to the presence of a litter area, these new housing systems are thought to satisfy the dust-bathing motivation...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Colson, S., Arnould, C., Michel, V. 2007. Motivation to dust-bathe of laying hens housed in cages and in aviaries. Animal 1(3), 433-437.

Estimating mouse and rat use in American laboratories by extrapolation from Animal Welfare Act-regulated species

Alone among Western nations, the United States has a two-tier system for welfare protections for vertebrate animals in research. Because its Animal Welfare Act (AWA) excludes laboratory rats and mice (RM), government veterinarians do not inspect RM laboratories and RM...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Carbone, L. 2021. Estimating mouse and rat use in American laboratories by extrapolation from Animal Welfare Act-regulated species. Scientific Reports 11(1), 493.

Wellbeing of mice euthanized with carbon dioxide in their home cage as compared with an induction chamber

The AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia state that, to decrease potential distress of animals, the home cage should be used for the euthanasia of mice. The current study evaluated this recommendation by comparing behavioral and physiologic changes in ICR and SJL...

Year Published: 2021Topics: EuthanasiaAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Hickman, D. L. 2021. Wellbeing of mice euthanized with carbon dioxide in their home cage as compared with an induction chamber. JAALAS 60(1), 72-76.

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of a long-lasting, highly concentrated buprenorphine solution in mice

Buprenorphine is a commonly used opioid for mitigating pain in laboratory mice after surgical procedures; however, the dosing interval necessary for standard buprenorphine may require treatment every 4 to 6 h to maintain an adequate plane of analgesia. An alternative...

Year Published: 2021Topics: AnalgesiaAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Kendall, L. V., Singh, B., Bailey, A. L. et al. 2021. Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of a long-lasting, highly concentrated buprenorphine solution in mice. JAALAS 60(1), 64-71.

Use of introduction enclosures to integrate multimale cohorts into groups of female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Integrating animals into a new group is a challenge for both free-ranging and captive adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), and for females in groups receiving new males. To ensure the genetic viability of the population, however, male transfers must...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bailey, K. L., Young, L. A., Long, C. E. et al. 2021. Use of introduction enclosures to integrate multimale cohorts into groups of female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). JAALAS 60(1), 103-111.

Juvenile Nile tilapia fish avoid red shelters

Shelters are frequently used for fish rearing to improve welfare conditions. In this study, whether Nile tilapia prefers specific shelter colors was evaluated. Thus, fish preference for white, red, blue, green or yellow shelters was tested. A high variation of...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Fish, Tilapia

Citation: Marques Maia, C., Pacheco Capelini Alves, N., Tatemoto, P. 2021. Juvenile Nile tilapia fish avoid red shelters. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 24(1), 98-106.

Replacement of surgical vasectomy through the use of wild-type sterile hybrids

For the production and rederivation of mouse strains, pseudopregnant female mice are used for embryo transfer and serve as surrogate mothers to support embryo development to term. Vasectomized males are commonly used to render pseudopregnancy in females, generated by surgical...

Year Published: 2021Topics: ReproductionAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Preece, C., Alghadban, S., Bouchareb, A. et al. 2021. Replacement of surgical vasectomy through the use of wild-type sterile hybrids. Lab Animal 50, 49-52.