Housing

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (7th ed): The Dog

Specific recommendations for the species-adequate housing and handling of dogs. Dogs can be readily trained to relax in a body sling. .. This is important where animals have been surgically instrumented to permit monitoring. . These and other forms of...

Year Published: 1999Topics: Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: MacArthur Clark, J. 1999. The dog. In: The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (7th ed). UFAW [Universities Federation for Animal Welfare] (edited by Poole, T. and English, P. ), 423-444. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Unique approach to the housing of dogs used in medical research

A facility design is described allowing for a high ambition of environmental enrichment; group housing with various group sizes, but with individual feeding; and access to indoor, as well as outdoor run.

Year Published: 1999Topics: Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: Wilsson, M., Broutigam, J., Kihlbom, E.-L. et al. 1999. Unique approach to the housing of dogs used in medical research. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 6 (Abstract).

Adaptation of dog kennels for group housing of rabbits

An increase in rabbit census prompted conversion of dog kennels to rabbit pens. ... The bedding system consisted of a four-inch layer of wood shavings covered with a six-inch layer of autoclaved straw to allow urine to pass through the...

Year Published: 1999Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Tamburrino, P. A., Michonski, K. J., Cameron, R. A. 1999. Adaptation of dog kennels for group housing of rabbits. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 33 (Abstract).

Revised Proposals for Cats

Very valuable recommendations for the appropriate housing of cats.

Year Published: 2000Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Cat

Citation: Convention of the Council of Europe 2000. Revised Proposals for Cats. Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

Group housing female guinea pigs

Group housing [female] guinea pigs can save space and money, while improving housing standards. The authors describe enclosure design, enrichments, and husbandry techniques that facilitate group housing female guinea pigs. No data are included in this article.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Guinea Pig, Rodent

Citation: Raje, S. S., Stewart, K. L. 2000. Group housing female guinea pigs. Lab Animal 29(8), 31-32.

Group housing products for cats

Commercial caging systems for cats are described and recommendations made for cat-appropriate housing. By housing cats in groups and with appropriate enrichments, according to their physical and psychological needs, researchers can decrease the animal's stress and distress.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Cat

Citation: Poe, E., Hope, K. 2000. Group housing products for cats. Lab Animal 29(4), 40-43.

Housing environment and enrichment for laboratory rats – refinement and reduction outcome

Three kinds of aspen items were used for enrichment: gnawing blocks of two different sizes [1x1x5 cm; 6x6x6 cm with drilled holes] and rectangular tubes [20x12x12 cm, large enough to fulfill the natural tendency of rats for hiding]. The enrichment...

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Mering, S. 2000. Housing environment and enrichment for laboratory rats - refinement and reduction outcome. Natural and Environmental Sciences - Kuopio UniversityPublications C 114, 1-60.

Behavioural indicators of cow comfort: activity and resting behaviour of dairy cows in two types of housing

Cows individually housed in large pens with a mattress flooring lay down 4.2 h/day longer than cows housed in tie-stalls on a concrete floor, while cows in tie-stalls stood idle (without eating) for longer. Cows stood up and lay down...

Year Published: 2000Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Cattle

Citation: Haley, D. B., Rushen, J., de Passill?, A. M. 2000. Behavioural indicators of cow comfort: activity and resting behaviour of dairy cows in two types of housing . Canadian Journal of Animal Science 80, 257-263.

Primate Enrichment: A room with a view

Pairs were transferred to a play room with windows every ten days. During the past year, we have observed that the primates spend about an hour of their time looking out the windows.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lynch, R., Baker, D. 2000. Primate Enrichment: A room with a view. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 39(1), 12.

Refinement in rabbit housing and husbandry

except for locomotor play, rabbits do not use space per se; they use specific resources and structures depending on their motivation state. .. Minimum cage dimensions have to be deduced from the minimum enrichment requirements which have to be incorporated...

Year Published: 2000Topics: Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Stauffacher, M. 2000. Refinement in rabbit housing and husbandry. In: Progress in the Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of Animal Experimentation. Balls, M., Van Zeller, A. M., Halder, M. (eds), 1269-1277. Elsevier, Amsterdam.