Mandatory "enriched" housing of laboratory animals: The need for evidence-based evaluation

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-105

  Benefiel, Ann C ^a   Dong, Willie K ^a   Greenough, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Brain; Environmental enrichment; Housing supplementation; Laboratory animal housing; Rodent; Well being

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BRAIN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL;

EID: 17144367707     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.2.95     Document Type: Review

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