Refinements for Rodents and Rabbits in Research Institutions

A summary and synthesis of the last 15 years of research on welfare improvements to the housing and care of mice, rats, other rodents, and rabbits used in experimentation.

Chapters include: housing, social housing, environmental enrichment, abnormal behaviour, human-animal interaction, colony management, and transportation. Each chapter describes the topic and its relevance to animal welfare, summarises the recent scientific findings for each species, and provides key takeaways.

230 pages.

Available in print for $3.00 and downloadable as a pdf.

The book mentions the three-finger scruff technique promoted by Norecopa, and the research performed by Labitt et al. to investigate its effects.

See also The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) for more information about the Institute's activities.