The benefits of giving experimental animals the best possible environment (1997)

Chance, M. R. A. , Russell, W. M. S.

Abstract

The lesson to be learned from all this is unmistakable: If we use ethological sophistication to provide laboratory animals with the very best physical and social environment conditions for their well-being, we need to use fewer of them in research experiments or routine tests, and our results will be accurate and reliable.