|
Databases
Annotated Database
on Environmental Enrichment and Refinement of Husbandry for Nonhuman Primates
(updated 2008)
Database on
Refinement of Housing and Handling Conditions and Environmental Enrichment for
Animals kept in Laboratories: Rodents, Rabbits, Cats, Dogs, Ferrets, Farm Animals, Horses,
Birds, Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles (updated 2008)
Practical
enrichment options (2007)
Refinement and Environmental Enrichment for All Animals kept in
Laboratories (updated 2008): Merger of Primate
Enrichment Database and of Animals Refinement Database of Animals kept in
Laboratories
Alternative Farming: An annotated database (updated 2007)
Books Online
Taking Better
Care of Monkeys and Apes: Refinement of Housing and Handling Practices for
Caged Nonhuman Primates (2008)

Making Live Easier
for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum
(2007)
Variables,
Refinement and Environmental Enrichment for Rodents and Rabbits kept in Research
Institutions: Making Life Easier for Animals in Laboratories (2006)
download
Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals (2002)
Comfortable
Quarters for Laboratory Animals (1997)
Environmental Enrichment for Caged Rhesus Macaques (Macaca
mulatta): Photographic documentation and literature review (2001)
French version, version
française: Enrichissement de l'environnement pour les macaques rhésus (Macaca
mulatta) en cage: Documentation photographique et revue de la
littérature (2001)
Japanese
version
Alternatives to Pain In Experiments on Animals
(1980) by Dallas Pratt
Animals, Nature and
Albert Schweitzer (1982) by AC Free
Articles
Pair-housing rather than single-housing for laboratory rhesus macaques (1994)
Safe
pair formation technique for previously single-caged rhesus macaques (1994)
Traditional handling procedures of laboratory nonhuman primates are an intrinsic
source of distress: What can be done? (1994)
Arguments for single-caging of rhesus macaques:
Are they justified? (1995)
Comparing cage space requirements for nonhuman
primates in the United States and in Europe (1995)
Restraint methods of laboratory nonhuman primates: A critical review (1995)
Social-housing of previously single-caged macaques: What are the options and the
risks? (1995)
Looking Into a
Cage or Mirror? The Human Relationship with Chimpanzees (1996)
Frequently asked questions about safe pair-housing
of macaques (1996)
Space requirement stipulations for caged nonhuman primates in the United States:
A critical review (1996)
Effective feeding enrichment for nonhuman primates: A brief review (1997)
Lighting conditions for laboratory monkeys: Are
they adequate? (1997)
Species-adequate housing and handling conditions for Old World nonhuman primates
kept in research institutions (1997)
The Wisconsin gnawing stick (1997)
Training nonhuman primates to cooperate during
blood collection: A review (1997)
Refining the traditional housing and handling of laboratory rhesus macaques
improves scientific methodology (1997)
A plea for pair-housing of adult macaques (1998)
Refining the blood collection procedure for macaques (1998)
Pair-housing overcomes self-biting behavior in
macaques (1999)
Are legal cage space requirements sound? (1999)
The monkey cave: The dark lower-row cage (1999)
Collecting blood from macaques: An often
overlooked variable in biomedical research (1999)
Meeting the "social space" requirements of
pair-housed primates (2000)
Social enhancement for adult nonhuman primates in research
laboratories: A review (2000)
Daily feeding enrichment for laboratory macaques:
Inexpensive options (2000)
The
lower row monkey cage: An overlooked variable in biomedical research (2000)
Changing the housing standard for monkeys in laboratories (2000)
Blood collection procedure of laboratory primates:
A neglected variable in biomedical research (2000)
Pair-formation protocol for adult, previously
single-caged macaques: Minimizing risks (2000)
Effective feeding enrichment for caged and
pen-housed macaques at no cost (2001)
Training pair-housed rhesus males to cooperate
during blood collection (2001)
Legal Space Requirement Stipulations for Animals
in the Laboratory: Are they Adequate? (2001)
The impossible housing and handling conditions of
monkeys in research laboratories (2001)
Self-biting in Caged Macaques: Cause, Effect and
Treatment (2001)
The Attending Veterinarian's Contract of
Employment: Curse or Blessing for Animals in Research Institutions? (2002)
Artificial Weaning of Old World Monkeys: Benefits
and Costs (2002)
Artificial Weaning of Calves: Benefits and Costs
(2002)
The Myth of the Aggressive Monkey (2002)
Legal Loophole
for Subminimal Floor Area for Caged Macaques (2003)
Compassion
for Laboratory Animals: Impairment or Refinement of Research Methodology? (2003)
Working
With Rather Than Against Macaques During Blood Collection (2003)
Looking
After Animals Kept in Research Laboratories (2004)
Emotionality in the animal research laboratory (2004)
Water leakage in
rodent cages: A discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment
Forum (2004)
Flaws in US
regulations pertaining to the welfare of primates kept in research institutions
(2004)
Environmental
enrichment for guinea pigs: A Discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement &
Enrichment Forum (2004)
Working with
Pound Dogs in the Research Laboratory: A Discussion by the Laboratory Animal
Refinement & Enrichment Forum (2004)
Catching animals
who have escaped from their primary enclosure: A discussion by the Laboratory
Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (2005)
Collecting Blood
from Rodents: A Discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment
Forum (2005)
Pole-and-collar
training of macaques: a discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement and
Enrichment Forum (2005)
Postsurgical
pairing: a discussion by the Refinement & Enrichment Forum (2006)
Do mice benefit
from prefabricated dwellings? A discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement
and Enrichment Forum (2006)
Human-animal
relationship in the research lab: A discussion by the Laboratory Animal
Refinement and Enrichment Forum (2006)
Stress and
distress: A discussion by the Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (2006)
Enforced
restraint of rodents: A discussion by the Refinement & Enrichment Forum (2007)
Bibliographies
A Bibliography for Members of Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committees (updated 2008)
download
Annotated Bibliography on Refinement and Environmental Enrichment
for Primates kept in Laboratories (updated 2008)
Environmental Enrichment for Rodents and
Rabbits: An Annotated Bibliography. (2007)
| Guides & Laws online |
TOP^ |
Animal Care and Use Committees (1992) Allen T and Clingerman K. Animal Welfare Information
Center (AWIC)
Animals (Scientific
Procedures) Act 1986. Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Used
in Scientific Procedures (1989) Home
Office
Appendix A of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals
Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (ETS No. 123) enacted June
15, 2007. Council of Europe: Strasbourg, France
Final Rule: Animal Welfare; Standards; 9 CFR (1991) Federal Register, Vol. 55: 6426-6505
Final Report on Environmental Enhancement to
promote the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates (1999)
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Animal Health
Inspection Service
Draft Policy on Environmental
Enhancement for Nonhuman Primates (1999)
Federal Register, Vol. 64: 38145-38150
Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals
(1993) Volume 1, 2nd Edition.
Canadian Council on Animal Care
Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals
(1984) Volume 2. Canadian Council on
Animal Care
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
(1996) Institute of Laboratory Animal
Resources, National Research Council
Public Health Service Policy and Government
Principles Regarding the Care and Use of Animals (1996) Office for Protection from Research Risks
The Principles of Humane Experimental Techniques
Special Edition (1992) Russell
WMS and Burch RL. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates (1998) Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National
Research Council
Swiss Federal Act on Animal Protection.
Revision des Tierschutzgesetzes.
Federal
Veterinary Office
Deutsches Tierschutzgesetz Gesellschaft Gesundheit und Forschung
Alternatives
to Animal Testing: Refinement, Reduction, Replacement (Altweb)
Animal
Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
The
Association of Sanctuaries (TAOS)
Canadian
Council on Animal Care (CCAC)
Center for Animal Alternatives, University of
California (UCCAA)
Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia
European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
Fund
for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
Humane Society of the United States,
Animals in Research (HSUS)
Institute
for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
International Directory of Primatology (IDP)
Johns Hopkins
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
National
Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction
of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
NORINA (A Norwegian Inventory of Alternatives) database
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
Society
for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL)
Universities Federation of Animal Welfare (UFAW)
Utrecht Department of Laboratory Animal Science
* inclusion here is not
an endorsement; those listed are not necessarily in accordance with AWI aims and
policies.
| Online
Abstracts/Articles |
TOP^ |
Medline/PubMed, a
service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million
MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals.
PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other
related resources.
Textbase, an
attempt to collect information on current textbooks within the field of
laboratory animal science and to provide a searchable database of this
information free of charge on the Internet.
Useful Journals with online
abstracts/articles
Aggressive
Behavior
American Journal of Primatology
Animal Behaviour
Animal Science
Animal Welfare
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Animal
Technology and Welfare
ATLA [Alternatives to Laboratory Animals]
AWIC Bulletin
Behavioural Processes
Canadian Journal of Animal Science
Journal of the American
Association for Laboratory Animal Science [Contemporary Topics in Laboratory
Animal Science]
Ethology
Federal Register
Folia Primatologica
Hormones and Behavior
ILAR [Institute for Laboratory Animal Research] Journal
International Zoo News
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Journal of Endocrinology
Journal of Medical Primatology
Lab Animal
Laboratory Animals
Laboratory Primate Newsletter
Nature
New Scientist
New Zealand Vet Journal (NZVJ)
Physiology and Behavior
Primate Report
Psychiatric Times
Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science
Shape of Enrichment
Zoo Biology |