Handling laboratory animals can stimulate stress and anxiety that negatively impacts animal welfare and introduces a substantial confounding factor in many areas of scientific research. However, the ...

Learn how baby chicks choose spaces linked to gentle human contact — and what this reveals about animal welfare on farms.

Recent studies have shown that the method choice for handling laboratory mice is important to animal welfare. In 2015, 60% of all animals used in Home Office procedures were laboratory mice. Given the ...

Part 1: Principles of safer handling and physical restraint. Safer animal handling and physical restraint -- Animal behavior -- Part 2: Household and laboratory animals. Containments for household, ...

Studies in mice have shown that less aversive handling methods (e.g. tunnel or cup handling) can reduce behavioural measures of anxiety in comparison to picking mice up by their tail. Despite such ...