Castle brought the fancy mouse into his laboratory in 1902 and with his numerous ... without removing males from the breeding cage. Finally, most laboratory-bred strains are relatively docile and easy ...

Current guidelines pertaining to the housing of laboratory animals express caging standards for rodents in terms of minimum floor space and minimum height, relative to the body weight of the animal.

Most of the mice held at the Max Planck Institutes come from the Institutes’ own breeding programmes, though some are also obtained from professional breeders of lab animals. Trained animal keepers ...

In this project, funded by an AWI Refinement Grant, we tested whether raising male mice in partially divided cages affected aggression and behavioral performance from weaning through 180 days old in ...

We have just recently purchased some new, fancy nets. However, through patience ... (Conlee) "When rats or mice get out of their cages we normally use a dustpan if the animals are scurrying on the ...

To overcome these problems, researchers are turning more to automated systems that monitor mice in their home cages, where they are least stressed. This improves the animals’ welfare ...

Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...

Of all the animals that thrive in our world—pigeons, mice, sparrows ... tells me a story about bringing a kiore in a cage to a social gathering. An old man approached and started talking ...

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Who wants to catch rats and keep them? Research scientists? More bewildering, where does one release a rat once you catch it?

Canaries, chinchillas, cockatoos, degus, estrildid finches, gerbils, Japanese quails, lovebirds, macaws, mice, parakeets ... indoors can live twice as long as those kept outdoors in a cage. Rabbits ...