That trend includes the laboratory animal caging industry, which has seen the advent of racks, cages, and other equipment designed for use in the animal research counterpart to BSL, animal ...

9,10 These technologies may also improve lab animals’ wellbeing. Conventional research methods require frequent handling and cage transfers, which can induce stress. 11 Home-cage monitoring reduces ...

Added to cages as inserts, nest boxes can provide complexity in standard laboratory caging. Nest boxes can provide a dark retreat from high light intensity within an animal room, a retreat from a ...

Like house mice, the laboratory animals are flight animals ... The cages are 14 centimetres high and are covered by a grating, which the animals use for climbing. The cages contain a feed trough and ...

Animal research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC), is registered as a ...