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Housing and husbandry: Dog

Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory dog.

Guidance

Four dogs in a pen, interacting and showing amicable social behaviour. The two dogs in the background are nose to nose. In the foreground one dog is on his back with legs in the air, a second dog can be seen sniffing him from the side.

Housing and husbandry: Ferret

Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory ferret.

Guidance

Ferrets in a cage. You can see multiple examples of environmental enrichment including a hammock, red plastic ball, cardboard tubes and nesting boxes.

Forced swim test in rodents

Paper clarifies that the forced swim test is not a regulatory requirement for the development of new antidepressants (NC3Rs & MHRA project).

Housing and husbandry: Gerbil

Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory gerbil.

Guidance

Gerbil is held by a laboratory technician in a gloved hand.

Refining rodent stereotactic surgeries

Amanda Novak (Edinburgh) presents advice on good surgical technique and refinements to incorporate into rodent stereotactic surgery procedures.

Webinar and video

Webinar title slide: Refining rodent stereotactic surgeries

Humane endpoints

Guidelines for establishing, implementing and refining humane endpoints.

Guidance

A white mouse on a technician's gloved hands

Best practice for animal transport

Guidance on the transport of laboratory animals, including non-human primates.

Guidance

A transport box used to transport live animals. A grey container with grills on the top and top section of two sides to allow good ventilation. Wheels on each corner to assist in moving the animal.

Single use of needles

Learn more about why the single use of needles should be standard practice and how to implement this in your facility.

Guidance | Hard copy

A rat being injected with a hypodermic needle

Mouse handling: Non-aversive methods in practice

Hear from champions based at facilities around the UK who have successfully implemented non-aversive mouse handling methods.

Webinar and video

A scientist using the alternative tunnel handling for a mouse

Double-decker rodent telemetry

The welfare benefits of double-decker rodent cages in allowing rats to engage in natural behaviours.

Guidance

Two white rats sit in a plastic IVC rat cage. Both are facing towards the camera. You can see a carboard tube (enrichment) towards the bottom right of the cage and a wire food hopper full of pellets in the middle back of the photo. There is an orange card pinned to the front where details of the animals can be recorded, the word moderate can be seen in caps stamped across the card.

Non-human primate accommodation, care and use guidelines

Guidelines on non-human primate accommodation, care and use adopted by the major UK bioscience funders.

Guidance | Hard copy

The front cover of the "Non-human primate accommodation, care and use guidelines" document on a green background.

Humane killing

Key issues for the humane killing of laboratory animals.

Guidance

A laboratory technician and a rat in a tank

Housing and husbandry: Non-human primate

Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of laboratory non-human primates.

Guidance

A large room housing a breeding group of rhesus macaques. In the background is a floor-to-ceiling height bay window, letting lots of natural light into the room. The floor is covered in a deep layer of wood shavings, with one monkey on the floor foraging for scattered food. Wooden ladders, platforms and shelves fill the walls and room space, some of which have monkeys resting on them. Suspended from the ceiling are swings made from wood and ropes, and from plastic barrels and firehoses.

Welfare assessment

General principles for welfare assessments.

Guidance

A technician in a green gown, mask and hair net can be seen alongside racks of mouse cages. He can be seen reaching into one of the cages to check on the health of a mouse.

Refining food and fluid control in macaques

Guidelines on the use of food and fluid control in behavioural neuroscience.

Guidance

A macaque sits in its homecage on top of a plastic pipe holding a rope