Mouse Welfare Terms
| Record number: | c0d92 (legacy id: 15360) |
|---|---|
| Category: | Housing and management |
| Type: | Guidelines |
| Relevance: | Refinement |
Mouse Welfare Terms is a website dedicated to standardising the descriptions of different characteristics of laboratory mice which may impact on their welfare. The team who have developed the listing of terms is lead by mouse care staff and have worked with veterinarians to compile a list of controlled language for cage-side descriptions of any mice that may cause concern while being used for scientific research.
This page was updated on 04 March 2019
Terms are hierarchical and are sorted by Appearance, Behaviour, Abdomen, Limbs, Tail, Head/Neck, Thorax and Breeding.
The ultimate aim of this listing is to highlight welfare concerns associated with the maintenance of laboratory mice and any phenotypes that should be conveyed when either using these models locally or transferring to other facilities.
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