LABORATORY ANIMALS

Defining body-weight reduction as a humane endpoint: a critical appraisal

The role of gut microbiota in intestinal and liver diseases

Genetic quality assurance and genetic monitoring of laboratory mice and rats: FELASA Working Group Report

The use of non-rodent model species in microbiota studies

Environmental enrichment prevents pup mortality in laboratory mice

Semi-automated generation of pictures for the Mouse Grimace Scale: A multi-laboratory analysis (Part 2)

Gnotobiotics: Past, present and future

Prospective severity classification of scientific procedures in cephalopods: Report of a COST FA1301 Working Group survey

Comparison of two prevalent individually ventilated caging systems for detection of murine infectious agents via exhaust air particles

Impact assessment of tail-vein injection in mice using a modified anaesthesia induction chamber versus a common restrainer without anaesthesia

The gut microbiota of wild rodents: Challenges and opportunities

Nest-building performance in rats: impact of vendor, experience, and sex

Where are we heading? Challenges in evidence-based severity assessment

Measurement of corticosterone in mice: a protocol for a mapping review

Design of a joint research data platform: A use case for severity assessment

Coagulation phenotype of wild-type mice on different genetic backgrounds

Bacterial species to be considered in quality assurance of mice and rats

Fasting of male mice – Effects of time point of initiation and duration on clinical chemistry parameters and animal welfare

Systematic analysis of severity in a widely used cognitive depression model for mice

Performance of severity parameters to detect chemotherapy-induced pain and distress in mice

Factors affecting the reliability of behavioral assessments for rodent osteoarthritis models

Success of embryo transfer in mice with freshly collected and cryopreserved two-cell embryos with different genetic backgrounds correlated with the number of transferred embryos: A 5-year retrospective analysis

The European Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Associations’ Research and Animal Welfare Group: Assessing and benchmarking ‘Culture of Care’ in the context of using animals for scientific purpose

Combination of ketamine and xylazine with opioids and acepromazine in rats: Physiological changes and their analgesic effect analysed by ultrasonic vocalization

Fasting is not required for measuring plasma lipid levels in rabbits

A systematic study of injectable anesthetic agents in the brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei\u2009)

Expert information from the Working Group on Hygiene: Harmonisation of Health Monitoring Reports

A comparative study about the immunomodulatory effects of tramadol and metamizole in a murine model of postoperative ileus

Examining compliance with ethical standards for animal research: is there a need for refinement? A qualitative study from northern Europe

Multiple refinements to the anaesthetic protocol for laparoscopic orthotopic kidney auto-transplantation in a pig model

Progressing the care, husbandry and management of ageing mice used in scientific studies

Nursing and training of pigs used in renal transplantation studies

Optimising streptozotocin dosing to minimise renal toxicity and impairment of stomach emptying in male 129/Sv mice

Time to thank FELASA’s partners for their support

GV-SOLAS Seminar Report

A Successful 14th felasa congress!

Diet-regulated behavior: FVB/N mice fed a lean diet exhibit increased nocturnal bouts of aggression between littermates

Microbiota, laboratory animals, and research

VIII Jornada Científica de la Sociedad Española para las Ciencias del Animal de laboratorio (SECAL)/VIII Scientific Session of the Spanish Society of Laboratory Animal Sciences (SECAL)

4D cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, 4D and 2D transthoracic echocardiography: a comparison of in-vivo assessment of ventricular function in rats

Development of an orthotopic syngeneic murine model of colorectal cancer for use in translational research

One for two: A novel and highly sensitive virulence factor-based quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous detection of Rodentibacter pneumotropicus and Rodentibacter heylii in environmental sample material

Fatal gastric distension in a gold thioglucose mouse model of obesity

A cautionary note: Toxicity of polyethylene glycol 200 injected intraperitoneally into mice

Warming and cooling device using thermoelectric Peltier elements tested on male mice

Increase in morbidity and mortality in a shipment of red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans)

The effects of sucrose on urine collection in metabolic cages