Making lives easier for animals in research labs
Subtitle: discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum
By: edited by Vera Baumans, ... [et al.].
Contributors: Baumans, Vera, 1946-; Animal Welfare Institute.
Publisher: The Animal Welfare Institute
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780938414971
Subjects: Laboratory animals; Laboratory animals -- Handling; Laboratory animals -- Environmental enrichment; Animal welfare; Animals, Laboratory -- research; Animal Welfare
Description: This book is a collection of electronic discussions that took place on the Animal Welfare Institute's Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum between October 2002 and May 2007. Comments are based upon first-hand experiences about ways to improve the conditions under which animals are housed and handled in research facilities. Animals discussed include mice and other rodents, rabbits, farm animals, rhesus macaques and other nonhuman primates, dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Topics include housing, environmental enrichment, animal training, safety issues, maladaptive behaviors, and the human-animal relationship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index.

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