Housing

Effects of cage size and environmental enrichment on organ weight and leukocyte distribution in C57BL/6, BALB/c and CD-1 mice

Female mice from 3 strains were housed in polycarbonate cages each containing 4 same-strain mice under one of the following conditions: small (58cm2 per mouse) unenriched cage, small enriched cage, medium (96.8 cm2 per mouse) unenriched cage, medium enriched cage,...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Forsyth, N. Y., Kendall, L. V., Mench, J. A. 2006. Effects of cage size and environmental enrichment on organ weight and leukocyte distribution in C57BL/6, BALB/c and CD-1 mice. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 160 (Abstract).

Animal Research Review Panel Guideline 21: Guidelines for the Housing of Guinea Pigs in Scientific Institutions

Valuable recommendations for the species-adequate housing and species-approriate care of guinea pigs; topics include Housing (enclosure size, substrate, shelter, nesting material), Environmental Enrichment, and Husbandry (light, temperature, humidity, cleaning).

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Guinea Pig, Rodent

Citation: Animal Research Review Panel. 2006. Animal Research Review Panel Guideline 21: Guidelines for the Housing of Guinea Pigs in Scientific Institutions. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Orange, NSW, 55 pp.

Environmental modification and agonistic behavior in NIH/S male mice: Nesting material enhances fighting but shelters prevent it

The aim of the study was to investigate effects of widely recommended nesting material and additional shelters on male mice. The aggressiveness of the mice in their home cages clearly increased in the nest group,as assessed by the number of...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Kaliste, E. K., Mering, S. M., Satu, M. et al. 2006. Environmental modification and agonistic behavior in NIH/S male mice: Nesting material enhances fighting but shelters prevent it. Comparative Medicine 56(3), 202-208.

Outdoor housing of laboratory dogs: Effects on activity, behaviour and physiology

Laboratory dogs are mainly housed indoors and outdoor housing is often considered to be an insecure and uncontrollable alternative. This study aimed to assess the effects of outdoor housing of laboratory dogs on their general physiology, activity and activity-related behaviours....

Year Published: 2006Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: Spangenberg, E. M. F., Björklund, L., Dahlborn, K. 2006. Outdoor housing of laboratory dogs: Effects on activity, behaviour and physiology. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 8, 260-276 .

Clinical pathology laboratory values of rats housed in wire-bottom cages compared with those of rats housed in solid-bottom cages

Our laboratory data were evaluated by a board-approved veterinary clincical phathologist, who determined that there were no clincially relevant differences between the two groups.

Year Published: 2006Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Sauer, M. B., Dulac, H., Clark, S. et al. 2006. Clinical pathology laboratory values of rats housed in wire-bottom cages compared with those of rats housed in solid-bottom cages. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science] 45(1), 30-35.

Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research

In this second part of a three-part review we summarise published information on housing and husbandry practices, and describe ways to minimise contingent inhumanity associated with the use of primates in laboratories and their breeding and supply (where inhumanity is...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rennie, A. E., Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 2006. Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research. Part II: housing, husbandry and acquisition. Animal Welfare 15, 215-238.

Presence of a privacy divider increases proximity in pair-housed rhesus monkeys

We observed twenty-five pairs of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) both with and without the presence of a privacy divider. Monkeys spent significantly more time in the same half of the pair-cage when the divider was in place. Subjects were fifty...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Basile, B. M., Hampton, R. R., Chaudhry, A. M. et al. 2007. Presence of a privacy divider increases proximity in pair-housed rhesus monkeys. Animal Welfare 16(1), 37-39.

The effects of increased space, complexity and choice, together with their loss, on the behavior of a family group of Callithrix jacchus: A case study

In conclusion, enhanced levels of space, complexity and choice may have a positiveinfluence on the behavior of family-housed marmosets. Moreover, the loss of a larger and more complex enclosure might have detrimental effects on the behavior and the social interactions...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Badihi, I., Morris, K., Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 2007. The effects of increased space, complexity and choice, together with their loss, on the behavior of a family group of Callithrix jacchus: A case study. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 46(4), 1-2.

Do mice benefit from prefabricated dwellings? A discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum

I conclude from our discussion that commercial prefabricated dwellings for mice are useful only if they are made of GLP-accepted material that the animals can readily gnaw and convert into nesting and bedding material. Since mice have a biologically inherent...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Barley, J., Francis, R., Van Loo, P. et al. 2006. Do mice benefit from prefabricated dwellings? A discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum. Animal Technology and Welfare 5(1), 13-15.

Effects of cage size and enrichment on aggression and stereotypic behavior in three strains of laboratory mice

For female mice, increased complexity of space is more important than the quantity of space.

Year Published: 2007Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Forsyth, N., Young, G., Mench, J. 2007. Effects of cage size and enrichment on aggression and stereotypic behavior in three strains of laboratory mice. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 26 (Abstract).