Kathleen R. Pritchett-Corning

TL;DR: These recommendations are aimed at all breeders and users of laboratory mice, rats, Syrian hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits as well as diagnostic laboratories and describe essential aspects of HM, such as the choice of agents, selection of animals and tissues for testing, frequency of sampling, commonly used test methods, interpretation of results and HM reporting.

TL;DR: A risk-based allocation of health-monitoring resources should concentrate frequency and/or sample size on these high-risk agents, and monitor less frequently for the remaining, lower-risk, infectious agents.

TL;DR: The utility of nest building behavior in laboratory mice as an ethologically relevant indicator of welfare is demonstrated and the methods presented can be successfully used to identify thermal stressors, aggressive cages, sickness, and pain.

TL;DR: The basic principles required to safely handle animals will be presented, and one-handed, two- handed, and restraint with specially designed restraint objects will be illustrated.

TL;DR: This article challenges current ways of thinking and proposes alternative perspectives that it hopes will lead to an enhanced understanding of aggression in laboratory mice.