Animal-centric care and management : enhancing refinement in biomedical research / edited by Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, Sylvie Cloutier, Brianna N. Gaskill.

Preface Dorte B. Sørensen, Sylvie Cloutier and Brianna Gaskill Chapter 1. Human-Animal Interactions Megan R. LaFollette; Editors: Brianna N. Gaskill and Sylvie Cloutier Chapter 2: A Culture of CareThomas Bertelsen and Penny Hawkins Chapter 3: Animal Emotions Karolina Westlund and Sylvie Cloutier Chapter 4. Abnormal behaviorJamie Ahloy-Dallaire, María Díez-León and Andrea Polanco Chapter 5. Animal Learning: The science behind animal training Dorte B. Sørensen, Annette Pedersen and Björn Forkman Chapter 6 Animal Training: The Practical Approach Dorte B. Sørensen, Annette Pedersen and Robert E. Bailey (Bob) Chapter 7: The ZebrafishIsabel Fife-Cook, Christine Powell and Becca Franks Chapter 8. The Mice Brianna N. Gaskill and Kelly Gouveia Chapter 9. The RatI. Joanna Makowska Chapter 10: The Laboratory Rabbit Sarah Thurston and Jan L. Ottesen Chapter 11: The Laboratory Dog Carolyn Allen, Dorte B. Sørensen and Jan L. Ottesen Chapter 12. The Non-Human Primate Karolina Westlund and Lori Ann Burgess Chapter 13. The Laboratory PigMette S. Herskin, Cathrine J. Bundgaard, Jan L. Ottesen, Dorte B. Sørensen, Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde

The concept of the 3Rs (Refinement, Reduction and Replacement) has been used as a framework for improving the welfare of laboratory animals for the last half century. By establishing an animal-centric view on housing and management, Animal-centric Care and Management: Enhancing Refinement in Biomedical Research takes Russell and Burch's definition of Refinement as "elimination of inhumanities" and goes further. Rather than fitting animals into experimental conditions, it encourages readers to adjust conditions to better meet the behavioral, emotional, physical, and physiological needs and preferences of the animals. The team of expert authors, from the fields of laboratory animal science, ethology, biology as well as animal training, provide ideas for creating housing conditions and handling procedures that induce, to the best of current abilities and knowledge, a long-term positive state of mind in the animals under our care. This book is written for animal caretakers, animal health technicians, researchers, animal facility managers, laboratory animal veterinarians, and anyone who engages in work with living experimental animals or is interested in the continuous improvement of laboratory animal welfare. This interdisciplinary guide will act as a catalyst, resulting in multiple viewpoints and fields collaborating to optimize laboratory animal welfare.

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