Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals, 2018

The following are a selection of presentations from a symposium that was co-hosted by  USDA, NIH, OLAW, Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology on June 4 & 5, 2018 at National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD.

These presentations are being hosted by Animal Welfare Information Center, a service of The National Agricultural Library. Staff do not edit or otherwise modify the original materials. The views expressed in the presentations do not necessarily reflect the policies of the National Agricultural Library or the United States Department of Agriculture.

The 2018 Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals playlist can be viewed on YouTube or as individual videos below.

Social Housing of Rabbits Speaker: Sarah Thurston

Social Housing of Miniature Swine Speaker: Derek Brocksmith

Naturalistic Housing for Rats and Mice Speaker: Joanna Makowska

Case Studies from the Field: a Perspective from USDA, OLAW, and AAALAC International Speakers: Gwendalyn Maginnis, Patricia Brown, and Gary Borkowski

Discovering Refinement Techniques to Reduce Pain and Distress Speaker: Kristina Adams

Psychological Well-being of Fish – Where We’ve Come From and Where We’re Going Speaker: Becca Franks