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ArticleJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS2019

Effects of Various Commercially Available Enrichment Options on Handling and Chronic Stress Markers in Female ICR Mice.

Jessica L Peveler, Melissa P Swan, R'nld R Wheeler, Christine A Boehm, Debra L Hickman

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Article in Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Providing Environmental Enrichment without Altering Behavior in Male and Female Wistar Rats (Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Jessica L PevelerLaboratory Animal Resource Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Melissa P SwanLaboratory Animal Resource Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
R'nld R WheelerLaboratory Animal Resource Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Christine A BoehmLaboratory Animal Resource Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Debra L HickmanLaboratory Animal Resource Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. hickmand@iupui.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although social housing of mice generally is preferred, mice must be individually housed in some situations. In these cases, enhanced attention to environmental enrichment is encouraged, but few studies assess the wellbeing of mice provided various enrichments. In this study, we used female ICR mice to evaluate enrichment strategies that encouraged natural behaviors including foraging, exercise, sheltering, and socialization. After 3 mo of exposure to the assigned enrichment strategy, wellbeing was assessed by evaluating behavioral and physiologic differences between groups. The results suggested that the use of red-tinted igloos may decrease markers of mouse wellbeing. However, none of the selected strategies yielded measures of wellbeing indicating improvement as compared to individually housed mice with no enrichment (negative control). Furthermore, measures were not significantly different between paired mice and individually housed mice with no enrichment.

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Animal HusbandryAnimal WelfareHousing, AnimalAnimalsBiomarkersFemaleLaboratory Animal ScienceMiceMice, Inbred ICRStress, PhysiologicalBiomarkers

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PMID30696520
PMCPMC6433358

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