Journal article
Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Rodents: Animal Welfare and the Methods of Science
Abstract
Because of the difficulty of' establishing objective measures of laboratory rodents' psychological well-being, developing environmental enrichment programs that are actually beneficial to rodents destined to participate in laboratory research is particularly challenging. Many studies of effects of environmental complexity, social housing, and increases in cage size suggest that professional judgments as to the impact of diverse types of …
Authors
Galef BG
Journal
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 267–280
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
October 1999
DOI
10.1207/s15327604jaws0204_2
ISSN
1088-8705