Developing a rodent enrichment program.
The authors describe methods to establish a program for selecting, monitoring, and testing environmental enrichment devices for the rodents in their pharmaceutical facility. They also discuss some of the benefits of such a program for these species that are often overlooked in standard environmental enrichment plans.
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Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., 340 Kingsland Street, Nutley, NJ 07110-1199, USA.
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D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004777:Environment; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008297:Male; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012377:Rodentia; D012919:Social Behavior