Features of the Laboratory Animal Refinement Database

This database disseminates information on all aspects of refinement and environmental enrichment of housing and handling conditions of amphibians, cats, degus, dogs, ferrets, fishes, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, pigeons, rabbits, rats, reptiles, cattle, calves, chickens, goats, horses, quails, pigs, sheep. It comprises published articles, abstracts, book chapters, and books. Most entries have been read by the authors to guarantee their relevance to the topics.

Each record has four fields:

Citation: Full reference of record. You can search this field for author, date, journal/chapter/proceedings/book, and title, using one word/date or a combination of them.

Web: Presently there are 100 records available as full text documents; simply click on the Internet address to display or print the original article on your PC.

Annotation: This field summarizes topic-relevant findings.

Keywords: Search for one or several keywords, including (common) species names. You can browse through the keyword index and click on specific keywords such as:

Amphibians; Cats; Degus; Dogs; Ferrets; Fishes; Gerbils; Guinea pigs; Hamsters; Mice; Pigeons; Rabbits; Rats; Reptiles; Cattle; Cattle & Calves; Chickens & Poultry; Goats; Horses; Quails; Pigs & Swine; Sheep

Environmental enrichment & Complexity of space; Cage size & Space; bedding

Group-housing; Shelter & Cover; Environmental enrichment & Aggression reduction

Ethical issues; Adoption; Social enhancement & Human contact & Gentling

Environmental enrichment & Perch; Bedding & Litter & Substrate

Variables & Single-housing