In Other Words- October 2011

Greetings from Shanghai. I am writing this message from China where I am working with 22 eager college students planning to pursue careers in laboratory animal science. Happily, we don’t need translators to help us understand their love of animals and their desire to...

Research Abstract

Environmental Enrichment of Laboratory Rodents: The Answer Depends on the Question Toth, Linda A. Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois Kregel, Kevin Department of Health and Human Physiology, The University...

Meta-Analysis

Better Methods for the Reduction Part of the Three Rs G. Scott Lett, Ph.D. CEO, The BioAnalyics Group LLC In past articles, I’ve highlighted research efforts that study the impact of environmental enrichment (EE) on research outcomes. There is mounting evidence that...

It’s More Than Just Vanity

Shelly DeBoer Graduate Student of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA Pigs are gaining popularity for use as models in many areas of biomedical research, such as toxicity, wound healing, dental, peptic ulcer, metabolic syndromes,...