Animal Care, Health and Management

Considerable efforts have been made over the last few decades to standardise the housing and care of laboratory animals. This...

Although environmental conditions in all facilities will meet national standards, they may nevertheless vary from each other. Type of caging,...

Almost all laboratory animals can be restrained safely and humanely provided they are handled correctly. All animals benefit from being...

Diets fed to laboratory animals have become standardised, so that that they meet the nutritional needs of the animal, and...

Choosing a reliable method of identifying individual animals is often an essential part of study design, and can also be...

The health status of the animal is also important since outbreaks of disease can have devastating effects both on programs...

Zoonoses Methods of housing and care of laboratory animals, and the careful control of sources of supply of animals, diet,...

Mice are usually housed in either open-topped or individually ventilated (IVC) “shoebox” cages. These cages are usually constructed from plastic...

Rats are usually housed in either open-topped or individually ventilated (IVC) “shoebox” cages. These cages are usually constructed from plastic...