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USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
This information resource was developed to help researchers provide better conditions for their animals and their research, and to assist in complying with the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act. |
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 | Comfortable Quarters for Rats in Research Institutions
Animal Welfare Institute.
A discussion of the currently recommended caging parameters for rats and suggestion that a revision needs to take into account the basic behavioral, physiological, and exercise needs of the animals who live in such enclosures. |
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 | Rodent Fact Sheets
Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching Ltd.
These fact sheets discuss the nutrition, housing, husbandry, and veterinary care of various rodent species in laboratory environments.
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| Mouse Genome Informatics
The Jackson Laboratory.
Provides integrated access to information on the genetics and biology of the laboratory mouse. |
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| The Laboratory Rat: A Natural History
Oxford University.
Information and footage from a short film that follows the lives of domestic rats after being released in a large outdoor enclosure where they have to compete, like their wild cousins, for food, shelter and mates. |
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| Pain and Distress in Laboratory Rodents and Lagomorphs (PDF|139 KB)
Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations.
The FELASA Working Group considered the nature of pain and distress in laboratory rodents and lagomorphs because they constitute the vast majority of subjects used in experimentation. The information is arranged in sections, although these are not always mutually exclusive |
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| The Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse
The Jackson Laboratory. Mouse Genome Informatics.
The text and graphics from a book originally published in 1965 on the anatomy of the mouse. |
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