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Improving the well-being of animals in the research environment : proceedings of the conference held at the Marriott Hotel, Sydney, October, 1993 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Improving the Well-being of Animals in the Research Environment Sydney, Australia, Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
Other Authors: Baker, R. M., Jenkin, G., Mellor, David J.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Glen Osmond, SA, Australia : ANZCCART, 1994.
Subjects:
Animals, Laboratory > Congresses.
Animal Welfare > Congresses.
Table of Contents:
  • Assessment of well-being
  • Concepts of animal well-being and predicting the impact of procedures on experimental animals / D.J. Mellor, C.S.W. Reid
  • The biological basis of our assessment of well-being, pain and distress (abstract only) / J.W. Funder
  • Recognition of pain and distress
  • Assessment of well-being, pain and distress in rats and mice / R.F.S. Job
  • Differences in the physiological and behavioral assessment of well-being, pain and distress in a range of species used in research, guinea pigs and rabbits / J. Reilly
  • The behavioural and physiological assessment of well-being, pain, distress in sheep and cattle / G.N. Hinch
  • Differences in the physiological and behavioural assessment of well-being, pain, distress in dogs and cats / K. Seksel
  • Differences in the physiological and behavioural assessmentof well-being, pain, distress in domestic fowl / L.B. Murphy
  • Practical guidelines for the recognition and assessment of pain/stress in monotremes and marsupials / S. Spielman
  • Assessment of well-being and distress in fishes used in research / P.S. Davie
  • The animal's reaction to its environment
  • The animal's response to its physical environment, physiology and behaviour / J.L. Barnett, P.H. Hemsworth
  • The impact of animal/animal interactions on well-being / G.D. Hutson
  • Handling and emotionality in laboratory rats / E.J. Mazurski
  • Animal-human interactions in the promotion of animal well-being: handling and animal production / P.H. Hemsworth, J.L Barnett, G.J. Coleman
  • Constructing an environment; species - specific needs
  • Environmental factors likely to impact on an animal's well-being - an overview / M.A. Rose
  • Group housing of the hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) - the NHMRC-sponsored baboon colony / A.G. Gillin
  • Examples of species-specific considerations in the design of an environment - domestic fowl / L.B. Murphy
  • Considerations in the design of environments for captive kangaroos and wallabies / D.W. Cooper
  • Designing environments for amphibian research / W.A. Buttemer
  • Keeping reptiles in a research environment / A.J. Hulbert
  • Examples of species-specific considerations in the design of an environment - fish / G.L.Reddacliff
  • Does the notion of environmental enrichment assist animal well-being? / R.G. Beilharz
  • A new metholology for assessing the behavioural requirements of captive animals / L.R. Matthews.