by EnrichmentRecord | Oct 13, 2011 | Enrichment
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...
by EnrichmentRecord | Oct 13, 2011 | Swine Enrichment
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,...
by EnrichmentRecord | Jul 9, 2011 | Enrichment, News
Some colleagues and I are looking to start an enrichment committee here within our organization. I was curious if anyone has any experiences, good and bad, with starting up such a committee that they would be willing to share? Any information would be helpful as we...
by EnrichmentRecord | Apr 4, 2011 | Enrichment
Elizabeth Dodemaide, B.V.Sc., M.A., MACVSc, Associate Director, Laboratory Animal Services, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (the Guide) is an internationally accepted primary reference on animal care...
by EnrichmentRecord | Apr 4, 2011 | Behavior Data Collection, Enrichment
G. Scott Lett, Ph.D., CEO The BioAnalytics Group LLC Emily G. Patterson-Kane,Ph.D., American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Animal Welfare Division More and more publications are making the point that animals have unique species-specific needs and individual...
by EnrichmentRecord | Jan 21, 2011 | Rodent Enrichment
G. Scott Lett, Ph.D. CEO, The BioAnalytics Group LLC In the last issue of The Enrichment Record, Emily Patterson-Kane and I reported on the work (Cao, Liu et al.) in which investigators demonstrated that even short-term exposure to environmental enrichment (EE)...
