The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is pleased to announce the 2023 winners of the Refinement Research Award, which funds ...

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has developed a new initiative to provide researchers with readily accessible animal ...

In the US dairy industry, young calves are often transported soon after birth. A portion of the female calves (referred to as “replacement heifers”) are often reared off site by specialized operations ...

General discussion of abnormal behaviors.

These results show that the mice defecated in localized areas and preferred to defecate in areas containing sawdust [rather than on bare plastic floors]. These results support other evidence which ...

Cloth-covered fire hose donated by local fire departments was used to construct and woven hammock high above the cage floor. Locomotion in the upper half of the holding area was increased. Adult and ...

Current laboratory housing systems have mainly been developed on the basis of ergonomic and economic factors. These systems provide adequate, basic physiological requirements of animals, but only ...

Singly housed rats spent most of the time in the back of the cage, while pairs spent most time by the food hoppers. This may have been exacerbated by the presence of humans, as pair housed rats were ...

Frequency of cross sucking was greater for calves in pens without enrichment devices [gadgets triggering sucking and chewing]. .. Both the ball and chain were used very little.

Government records reveal that hundreds of thousands of dairy calves are routinely transported 1,000 miles or more, compromising animal welfare and human health. Washington, DC—Every year, the dairy ...