Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals aims to educate laboratory animal veterinarians; students, researchers, and investigators; animal care staff, as well as animal welfare ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. In this Guide, laboratory animals include any vertebrate animal (e.g., traditional ...

Larry Carbone offers an insider's perspective on the ethics of using animals in invasive research, the need for more compassion, and what must be done immediately on their behalf.

Kevin Vezirian received funding from a 2018 MENRT ministerial scholarship as part of the preparation of his thesis. Laurent Bègue-Shankland is a member of the advisory and reflection council of the 3R ...

Physically and behaviorally, few creatures have been measured, tested, and probed as much as the laboratory mouse. Yet what do scientists know about making mice happy or free of pain? Often, the ...

What are laboratory animal allergies and occupational asthma? Laboratory animal allergies (LAA) and occupational asthma (OA) are immune system reactions which develop from exposure to animal allergens ...

Research facilities in Michigan that would otherwise euthanize dogs or cats once testing was completed would be required to offer the animals up for adoption first, under a bill reintroduced in the ...

A Seton Hall University faculty member and staff in a campus research lab left about 76 mice unattended for up to 17 days at a time, and the university had no choice but to euthanize the animals, ...

The Jackson Laboratory, a nonprofit biomedical research institution in Bar Harbor, has developed a high-tech system for monitoring mice the lab uses to study human disease. The lab has partnered with ...

Wake County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals staff want to earn the trust of animals rescued from a research lab closed amid allegations of abuse. The Wake County SPCA took in 35 dogs ...