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The Welfare of Laboratory Animals

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Eila Kaliste

    1. National Laboratory Animal Center, University of Kuopio, Finland

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  • Current knowledge about the welfare of laboratory animals
  • Desribes the general principles in the maintenance of laboratory animals to ensure both the good welfare of animals and the quality of research
  • Covers the species most used as laboratory animals
  • Writers are leading European experts in laboratory animals science

Part of the book series: Animal Welfare (AWNS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. General Principles for Maintenance and Use of Laboratory Animals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Animal welfare - an introduction

      • Dorte Bratbo Sørensen
      Pages 3-14

    3. Research, animals and welfare. Regulations, alternatives and guidelines

      • Timo Nevalainen
      Pages 15-22

    4. Infections in laboratory animals: Importance and control

      • Werner Nicklas
      Pages 23-35

    5. Housing, care and environmental factors

      • Axel Kornerup Hansen, Vera Baumans
      Pages 37-50

    6. Nutrition and animal welfare

      • Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Jan H. Strubbe
      Pages 51-80

    7. Experimental procedures: General principles and recommendations

      • David B. Morton
      Pages 81-115

  3. The Welfare of Different Species

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. The welfare of laboratory mice

      • Vera Baumans
      Pages 119-152

    3. The welfare of laboratory rats

      • Eila Kaliste, Satu Mering
      Pages 153-180

    4. The welfare of laboratory guinea pigs

      • Norbert Sachser, Christine Künzl, Sylvia Kaiser
      Pages 181-209

    5. The welfare of laboratory rabbits

      • Lena Lidfors, Therese Edström, Lennart Lindberg
      Pages 211-243

    6. The welfare of laboratory dogs

      • Robert Hubrecht, Anthony C. Buckwell
      Pages 245-273

    7. The welfare of pigs and minipigs

      • Peter Bollen, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga
      Pages 275-289

    8. The welfare of non-human primates

      • Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro
      Pages 291-314

    9. Animal welfare issues under laboratory constraints, an ethological perspective: rodents and marmosets

      • Augusto Vitale, Francesca Cirulli, Francesca Capone, Enrico Alleva
      Pages 315-338

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 339-345
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Animal welfare is attracting increasing interest worldwide, but particularly from those in developed countries, who now have the knowledge and resources to be able to offer the b est management systems for their farm animals, as well as potentially being able to offer plentiful resources for companion, zoo and laboratory animals. The increased attention given to animal welfare in the West derives la rgely from the fact that the relentless pursuit of financial reward and efficiency has lead to the development of intensive animal production systems that offend the conscience of many consumers in those countries. In devel oping countries, human survival is still a daily uncertainty, so that provision fo r animal welfare has to be balanced against human welfare. Welfare is usua lly provided for only if it supports the output of the animal, be it food, work, clothing, sport or companionship. In reality there are resources for all if they are properly husbanded in both developing and developed countries. The inequitable division of the world’s riches creates physical and psychological poverty for humans and animals alike in all sectors of the world. Liv estock are the world’s biggest land user (FAO, 2002) and the population, particularly of monogastric animals, is increasing rapidly to meet the need of an expanding human population. Populations of animals managed by humans are therefore increasing worldwide, so there is the tendency to allocate fewer resources to each one.

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  • National Laboratory Animal Center, University of Kuopio, Finland

    Eila Kaliste

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