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Primates
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Environmental
enrichment for primates: An annotated database.
Reinhardt, V.; Reinhardt, A. Animal Welfare Institute,
Washington DC
Refinements in husbandry, care and common procedures for non-human primates
Ninth report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement, 2009
Articles on environmental enrichment and psychological wellbeing
Laboratory Primate Newsletter 23(1)-45(3), 1984-2006.
Social housing of nonhuman primates with cranial implants: A discussion
LAREF, Laboratory Primate Newsletter 48(2), 2009
Risk factors and remediation of self-injurious and self-abuse behavior in rhesus macaques
J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2009;12(1):61-72.
Rommeck I, Anderson K, Heagerty A, Cameron A, McCowan B.
General
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Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 9th edition, 2002. Reinhardt, AWI.
Chance, M.R.A.; Russell, W.M.S. "The
benefits of giving experimental animals the best possible environment,"
Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, edited by V. Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, 1997.
Hubrecht, R. (ed.). Housing husbandry
and welfare provision for animals used in toxicology studies: Results of
a UK questionnaire on current practice (1994)
A report by the Toxicology
and Welfare Working Group. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
(UFAW), Potters Bar, UK 1995.
Rabbits
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Refinements in rabbit husbandry. Second report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. British Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Foundation. Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.
Lab Anim. 1993 Oct;27(4):301-29.
Comfortable Quarters for Rabbits in Research Institutions, AWI, 2002.
Rodents
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Husbandry refinements for rats, mice, dogs and non-human primates used in telemetry procedures. Hawkins P, Morton DB, Bevan R, Heath K, Kirkwood J, Pearce P, Scott L, Whelan G, Webb A. Seventh report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement, Part B. Lab Anim. 2004 Jan;38(1):1-10.
Refinement and reduction in production of genetically modified mice. BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. Lab Anim. 2003 Jul;37 Suppl 1:S1-S49.
Lawlor, M.M. The proper care of laboratory rodents, Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 8th edition, edited by V. Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, 1997.
Comfortable Quarters for Mice, Gerbils, Hamsters, Rats... 9th edition, edited by Reinhardt, AWI, 2002.
Birds
Laboratory birds: refinements in husbandry and procedures. Fifth report of BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. Lab Anim. 2001 Oct;35 Suppl 1:1-163.
Cats
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James, A.E. The laboratory cat. Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) News 8(1) FactSheet 1995 Mar:1-8. Contents: Introduction; Colony Husbandry; Housing; Nutrition; Anesthetics and Analgesics; Technical Procedures; Diseases
Loveridge, G.G. Comfortable environmentally enriched housing for domestic cats, Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 8th edition, edited by Viktor Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, 1997.
Rochlitz, Irene. Comfortable quarters for cats in research institutions. Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 9th ed., 2002.
McCune, S. "Enriching the environment of the laboratory cat: A review," p. 103-117, in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, held in Copenhagen on Aug 21-25, 1995. Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark 1997.
Dogs
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Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC). Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Dogs. AWAC, Ministry of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand 1998.
Refining dog husbandry and care. Eighth report of BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. Lab Anim. 2004 Jul;38 Suppl 1:1-94.
Hubrecht, R.C. Comfortable quarters for dogs in research institutions , Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 8th edition, edited by V. Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, 1997.
Hubrecht, R.C. "Enrichment in puppyhood and its effects on later behavior of dogs." Laboratory Animal Science 45(1) 1995 Feb:70-75.
Mertens, P.A.; Unshelm, J. "Effects of group and individual housing on the behavior of kennelled dogs in animal shelters." Anthrozooes 9(1) 1996:40-51.
Sales, G.; Hubrecht, R.; Peyvandi, A.; et al. Noise in dog kennelling: Is barking a welfare problem for dogs? Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 52, 321-329, 1997.
Wells, D.L.; Hepper, P.G. "A note on the influence of visual conspecific contact on the behaviour of sheltered dogs." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 60(1) 1998 Oct:83-88.
The Animal Welfare Institute website has an extensive database on Refinement and Environmental Enrichment
http://labanimals.awionline.org/SearchResultsSite/refine.aspx
AWIC has a good set of links on Environmental Enrichment and Exercise.
http://awic.nal.usda.gov, "Research Animals" section
Altweb has a section on Refinement, including a section on enrichment
http://altweb.jhsph.edu/refinement/index.htm
Laboratory Primate Newsletter
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Primate/
