Husbandry & Management

Caloric restriction in group-housed mice: Littermate and sex influence on behavioral and hormonal data

Much of the research done on aging, oxidative stress, anxiety, and cognitive and social behavior in rodents has focused on caloric restriction (CR). This often involves several days of single housing, which can cause numerous logistical problems, as well as...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Disease/Experimental Model, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Perea, C., Vázquez-Ágredos, A., Ruiz-Leyva, L. et al. 2021. Caloric restriction in group-housed mice: Littermate and sex influence on behavioral and hormonal data. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8, 639187.

Do you think I am living well? A four-season hair cortisol analysis on leisure horses in different housing and management conditions

The satisfaction of leisure horses' behavioral needs has begun to be considered a priority, linked to the awareness that horses kept in single boxes may be deprived of social contact and the possibility to perform natural behaviors. Several factors may...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Equine

Citation: Mazzola, S. M., Colombani, C., Pizzamiglio, G. et al. 2021. Do you think I am living well? A four-season hair cortisol analysis on leisure horses in different housing and management conditions. Animals 11(7), 2141.

Evaluation of potential sustainable bedding substrates focusing on preference, behavior, and stress physiology in rats—A pilot study

Ensuring optimal housing conditions for laboratory animals is a crucial prerequisite for high-quality and ethically justifiable in vivo science. In addition to guaranteeing animal welfare and promoting scientific validity, environmental sustainability is also increasingly gaining attention in laboratory animal facilities....

Year Published: 2021Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Vogt, M. A., Geiger, L. M. J., Härtel, T. et al. 2021. Evaluation of potential sustainable bedding substrates focusing on preference, behavior, and stress physiology in rats—A pilot study. Animals 11(5), 1375.

Recommendations for ensuring good welfare of horses used for industrial blood, serum, or urine production

Various pharmaceutical products have been derived from horse blood and urine for over a century. Production of biologics and therapeutics from these samples is a niche industry and often occurs in regions with little regulation or veterinary oversight. To ensure...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Equine

Citation: Manteca Vilanova, X., Beaver, B., Uldahl, M. et al. 2021. Recommendations for ensuring good welfare of horses used for industrial blood, serum, or urine production. Animals 11(5), 1466.

Basic needs in horses?—A literature review

Every animal species has particular environmental requirements that are essential for its welfare, and when these so-called “basic needs” are not fulfilled, the animals suffer. The basic needs of horses have been claimed to be social contact, social companionship, free...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Husbandry & Management, Natural Behavior, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Equine

Citation: Krueger, K., Esch, L., Farmer, K. et al. 2021. Basic needs in horses?—A literature review. Animals 11(6), 1798.

Husbandry and healthcare of the Olive python (Liasis olivaceus)

The article describes the care of the Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) including information on housing, feeding, handling, as well as the general health care of these animals. Some of the information presented is derived from Standard Operating Procedures which have...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Handling, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Natural Behavior, Relocation & TransportAnimal Type: Reptile, Snake

Citation: Martinic, G. 2021. Husbandry and healthcare of the Olive python (Liasis olivaceus). Animal Technology and Welfare 20(1), 44-50.

Handling mice using gloves sprayed with alcohol-based hand sanitiser: Acute effects on mouse behaviour

Alcohols are commonly used in laboratory animal facilities to disinfect hands, equipment and laboratory environments. The effect on mice is unknown, so we observed male and female C57BL/6J and BALB/c mice during and after handling with nitrile gloves that were...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Lopez-Salesansky, N., Wells, D. J., Chancellor, N. et al. 2021. Handling mice using gloves sprayed with alcohol-based hand sanitiser: Acute effects on mouse behaviour. Animal Technology and Welfare 20(1), 11-20.

Housing, husbandry and welfare of a “classic” fish model, the paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

Thanks to its small size, external fertilization and fecundity, over the past four decades, zebrafish (Danio rerio) has become the dominant fish model species in biological and biomedical research. Multiple lines of evidence, however, suggest that the reliance on only...

Year Published: 2021Topics: Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Fish, Other Fish

Citation: Rácz, A., Adorján, G., Fodor, E. et al. 2021. Housing, husbandry and welfare of a “classic” fish model, the paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis). Animals 11(3), 786.

The lack of light-dark and feeding-fasting cycles alters temporal events in the goldfish (Carassius auratus) stress axis

Vertebrates possess circadian clocks, driven by transcriptional–translational loops of clock genes, to orchestrate anticipatory physiological adaptations to cyclic environmental changes. This work aims to investigate how the absence of a light-dark cycle and a feeding schedule impacts the oscillators in...

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

Citation: Saiz, N., Gómez-Boronat, M., De Pedro, N. et al. 2021. The lack of light-dark and feeding-fasting cycles alters temporal events in the goldfish (Carassius auratus) stress axis. Animals 11(3), 669.

A novel dietary restriction method for group-housed rats: Weight gain and clinical chemistry characterization

Laboratory rodents are usually fed ad libitum. Moderate dietary restriction decreases mortality and morbidity compared with ad libitum feeding. There are, however, problems in achieving dietary restriction. Traditional methods of restricted feeding may interfere with the diurnal rhythms of the...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Kasanen, I. H. E., Inhilä, K. J., Nevalainen, J. I. et al. 2009. A novel dietary restriction method for group-housed rats: Weight gain and clinical chemistry characterization. Laboratory Animals 43, 138-148.