By reducing human interaction, these technologies can enhance animal welfare and reduce experimental ... in the normally nocturnal mouse. This might happen after a cage change, for instance.

And thus begun the marriage between the fancy mice and experimental genetics ... without removing males from the breeding cage. Finally, most laboratory-bred strains are relatively docile and easy to ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can ...

A total of 12 mice and 12 rats were used, six of each species for the experimental animals and six for controls. Experimental animals were handled five times per week for three-minute periods (a total ...

In one experiment, Stowers painted the backs of male mice with urine and introduced them into the cages of knockout mice. The knockout mice failed to show aggression toward their new cage mates. “It ...

Since 2015, we have actively worked to improve the welfare of mice and rats in toxicology studies in order ... contact are possible between laboratory animals and handlers in experimental procedures.

Most of the mice held at the Max Planck Institutes come from the Institutes’ own breeding programmes, though some are also obtained from professional breeders of lab animals. Trained animal keepers ...

And we have plenty of experimental evidence—most of us ... When the non-depressed, non-stressed mouse was put in a cage with stressed, but non-depressed mice, they did not become more depressed.

Why do mice have tails? The answer to this is not as simple as you might think. Research has shown that there's more to the humble mouse tail than previously assumed. Using a novel experimental setup ...

Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...

The new study from his lab reports a novel approach to enhance nanomedicine's effects, which proved effective in mice and ...