Environmental enrichment for laboratory animals
10.3969/j.issn.1005-4847.2015.03.020
- VernacularTitle:实验动物环境丰富化
- Author:
Junyan LI
;
Shuai LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Environmental enrichment;
Laboratory animals;
Animal welfare
- From:
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica
2015;(3):327-330
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Environmental enrichment has become a hot topic in laboratory animal science , which is intended to im-prove the well-being of laboratory animals .This paper reviews the research in this area , focusing especially on the princi-ple and procedure of planning enrichment strategies .The consideration of housing laboratory animals should not only focus solely on animal well-being, manpower and economics , but also on the precision and accuracy of the experimental results . It also introduces the type of environmental enrichment and practice in widespread use currently .
