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An explorative study on the effect of provision of preferred and non-preferred enrichment on behavioural and physiological parameters in laboratory ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)

Authors

ML Reijgwart, CM Vinke, CF Hendriksen, KM den Hoed, MI van der Meer, M van der Meer, NJ Schoemaker, YR van Zeeland

2018

Publication/Journal

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords

behaviour, enrichment, ferret, physiology, refinement, welfare

What is it like to be a rat? Rat sensory perception and its implications for experimental design and rat welfare

Authors

CC Burn

2008

Publication/Journal

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords

animal welfare, communication, olfaction, perception, rats, refinement, vision

Effects of positive interaction with caretakers on the behaviour of socially housed common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Authors

A Manciocco, F Chiarotti, A Vitale

2009

Publication/Journal

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords

animal welfare, refinement, captive management, callithrix jacchus, human interaction

The interplay between replacement, reduction and refinement: considerations where the Three Rs interact

Authors

MJ de Boo, AE Rennie, HM Buchanan-Smith, CF Hendriksen

2005

Publication/Journal

Animal Welfare

Keywords

alternatives, animal welfare, interplay, reduction, refinement, replacement

Can non-invasive glucocorticoid measures be used as reliable indicators of stress in animals?

Authors

J Lane

2006

Publication/Journal

Animal Welfare

Keywords

animal welfare, cortisol, faeces, non-invasive, refinement, stress

Training laboratory-housed non-human primates, part 1: a UK survey

Authors

MJ Prescott, HM Buchanan-Smith

2007

Publication/Journal

Animal Welfare

Keywords

animal welfare, habituation, positive reinforcement, refinement, socialisation, training

Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research. Part I: the influence of humans

Authors

AE Rennie, HM Buchanan-Smith

2006

Publication/Journal

Animal Welfare

Keywords

animal welfare, human–animal bonds, positive reinforcement training, refinement, staff education, staff selection

Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research. Part II- housing, husbandry and acquisition

Authors

AE Rennie, HM Buchanan-Smith

2006

Publication/Journal

Animal Welfare

Keywords

animal welfare, environmental and social enrichment, housing, husbandry, refinement, transportation

Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research. 2006. Part III- refinement of procedures

Authors

AE Rennie, HM Buchanan-Smith

2006

Publication/Journal

Animal Welfare

Keywords

animal welfare, human-animal bonds, positive reinforcement training, refinement, staff education, staff selection

Voluntary ingestion of buprenorphine in mice

Authors

KR Jacobsen, O Kalliokoski, J Hau, KS Abelson

2011

Publication/Journal

Animal Welfare

Keywords

analgesia, animal welfare, buprenorphine, mice, refinement, voluntary ingestion

Rat aversion to sevoflurane and isoflurane

Authors

J Boulanger Bertolus, G Nemeth, IJ Makowska, DM Weary

2015

Publication/Journal

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords

motivation testing, animal welfare, refinement, gaseous euthanasia

Refining dosing by oral gavage in the dog: A protocol to harmonise welfare

Authors

LE Hall, S Robinson, HM Buchanan-Smith

2015

Publication/Journal

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Keywords

dog, dosing, oral, gavage methods, toxicology, refinement, 3rs, welfare

Progress in assessing animal welfare in relation to new legislation: Opportunities for behavioural researchers

Authors

P Hawkins

2014

Publication/Journal

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Keywords

welfare assessment, three rs, refinement, animal behaviour, animal welfare, animal experimentation

Assessing the welfare of laboratory mice in their home environment using animal-based measures - a benchmarking tool

Authors

EM Spangenberg, LJ Keeling

2016

Publication/Journal

Laboratory Animals

Keywords

laboratory animal welfare, welfare assessment, housing, husbandry, handling techniques, refinement, nesting materials, mouse welfare, prevalence, refinement, management, protocols, behavior, state, pain, uk, veterinary sciences, zoology

ANIMAL WELFARE FROM MOUSE TO MOOSE-IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 3RS IN WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Authors

J Lindsjo, A Fahlman, E Tornqvist

2016

Publication/Journal

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords

animal welfare, reduction, refinement, replacement, wildlife research, 3rs, ursus-arctos, roe deer, 3 rs, capture, bears, abundance, samples, ethics, refinement, survival, veterinary sciences

Introducing Clicker Training as a Cognitive Enrichment for Laboratory Mice

Authors

C Leidinger, F Herrmann, C Thoene-Reineke, N Baumgart, J Baumgart

2017

Publication/Journal

Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Keywords

behavior, issue 121, enrichment, positive reinforcement training, clicker training, welfare, well-being, refinement, 3r's, mouse, balb/c, environmental enrichment, stress-response, behavior, rats, pigs, anxiety, multidisciplinary sciences

Improving quality of science through better animal welfare: the NC3Rs strategy

Authors

MJ Prescott, K Lidster

2017

Publication/Journal

Lab Animal

Keywords

rat grimace scale, facial expressions, cognitive bias, refinement, mouse, emotion, responses, models, system, impact, veterinary sciences

Behaviour, stress and welfare of Sprague Dawley rats (Rattus norvegicus) on diet board feeding for 24 months

Authors

S Laaksonen, T Nevalainen, J Ketola, J Hau, P Nieminen, K Haasio, I Kasanen, H Voipio

2017

Publication/Journal

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords

rat, diet board, welfare, behaviour, refinement