Environmental enrichment
| Title | Environmental enrichment strategies (pdf, 1.65mb) |
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| Source | Guidelines to promote the well-being of animals used for scientific purposes (National Health and Medical Research Council, 2008) |
| Part | Part III, Factsheet E |
| Status | Guidelines |
| Description | A practical accompaniment to the more universal principles identified within the Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes. This particular factsheet (Part III, Factsheet E) suggests environmental enrichment strategies for the different animal species commonly used in research. |
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| Title | Behaviour and environmental enrichment (pdf, 699kb) |
| Source | Code of practice for the housing and care of laboratory mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits (Victorian Department of Primary Industries, 2004) |
| Part | Section 3.4 |
| Status | Mandatory standard |
| Description | The Code establishes minimum standards for the care and housing of laboratory animals in Victoria. This particular section (3.4) looks at species-specific ways of improving environmental complexity to facilitate natural behaviours in animals. |
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