Some scientists and government agencies are concerned over the test’s impact on animals, and whether it is still useful for ...

Current guidelines pertaining to the housing of laboratory animals express caging standards for rodents in terms of minimum floor space and minimum height, relative to the body weight of the animal.

In a lab at the University of Southern California, a mouse notices something is wrong. Its cage mate lies motionless, unresponsive. Without hesitation, the mouse begins to sniff, groom, and then — ...

(Barley) "Cage flooding can be a serious problem in ventilated caging systems with automatic watering for mice. We have purchased Bio-Serv tunnels that hang off the top of the cage plus Tecniplast ...

Young mice seemingly attempt to revive an anaesthetised cage mate by grooming and biting it and will even pull aside the ...

A recent study led by scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) observed mice attempting to revive their incapacitated cage mates by engaging in what the researchers call ...

A new study documents mice acting as tiny rescuers to unconscious companions, revealing the surprising influence of oxytocin.

New research suggests that helping injured companions may be more common in the animal kingdom than previously thought.

Mice have a strong preference to nest away from their own waste, and mice in laboratories should be housed in a system of cages that allows them to segregate space into clean and dirty areas, ...

Transfer your mice to the CLAMS cages. Learn how to fill feeders and interrupt the measurements to refill feeders. Learn how to stop the experiment at the end and prepare your cages for washing. Fill ...

When the release of oxytocin was blocked, the helping mice reduced their reanimating actions to a minimum, even if they were cage mates. "They start with sniffing, and then grooming, and then with a ...