Volume 58 – issue 6
To our esteemed colleague J-P
Jordi Tremoleda, Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang and José M Sanchez-Morgado
pp. 510
To our esteemed colleague J-P
Jordi Tremoleda, Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang and José M Sanchez-Morgado
pp. 510
The culture of care to enhance laboratory animal personnel well-being: a scoping review
Heidi L Morahan, Shari Cohen, Lisa Bero and Kieron B Rooney
pp. 515
Animal models for preventing seroma after surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Steven E.M. Poos, Bob P. Hermans, Harry van Goor and Richard P.G. ten Broek
pp. 530
Comparison of two bedding types on the breeding fecundity of C57BL/6J mice
Jessica L. Pinckard, Lauren A. Gibson and Wendy R. Williams
pp. 545
The implementation of tunnel handling in a mouse breeding facility revealed strain-specific behavioural responses
Katharina Hohlbaum, Roswitha Merle, Ramona Warnke, Stefan Nagel-Riedasch, Christa Tho¨ne-Reineke and Kristina Ullmann
pp. 552
Establishment of reference intervals of haematology and biochemistry analytes in ICR mice of different ages
Suresh Patel, Satish Patel, Ashvin Kotadiya, Samir Patel, Bhavesh Shrimali, Tushar Patel, Harshida Trivedi, Vishal Patel, Jogeswar Mahapatra and Mukul Jain
pp. 565
Variability in rat weight gain during development
Pablo Vázquez-Borsetti
pp. 579
Non-invasive acquisition of vital data in anesthetized rats using laser and radar application
Toshiaki Kawabe, Shota Kita, Isao Ohmura, Ryuji Michino, Hidenori Watanabe, Guanghao Sun and Seiya Inoue
pp. 591
Pharmacokinetics of single dose levobupivacaine after peri-incisional subcutaneous infiltration in anaesthetized domestic pigs
Tilen Vake, Tomaž Snoj, Maja Čemažar, Urša Lampreht Tratar, Urban Stupan, Alenka Seliškar, Jan Plut, Tina Kosjek, Helena Plešnik and Marina Štukelj
pp. 602
Refining urine collection in mice: Development of an innovative urine collection device
Mélodie Douté, Céline Monzali, Antonino Nicoletti, Giuseppina Caligiuri and Marc Clement
pp. 612
Fin clipping does not increase opercular beat rate in tricaine-treated zebrafish
Martin D Burkhalter and Melanie Philipp
pp. 616
Spontaneous type II cell-derived bronchioloalveolar adenoma in a young ICR mouse
Minkyoung Sung, Soo-Eun Sung, Joo-Hee Choi, Yujeong Lee, Kyung-Ku Kang, SunHee Park, Duyeol Kim and Sijoon Lee
pp. 621
Guidance on the assessment of learning outcomes for those designing procedures and projects – Report of an ETPLAS Working Group
Ismene A Dontas, Derek J Fry, David I Lewis, Kenneth Applebee, Martje Fentener van Vlissingen, Katerina Marinou and Johannes Schenkel
pp. 626
GV-SOLAS celebrated its 60th birthday at the 2024 annual conference!
Sabine Bischoff and Bettina Kranzlin
pp. 640
Volume 58 – issue 5
Vacancy for EDITOR position to join the EIC team
Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang, Jordi L. Tremoleda and José Sanchez Morgado
pp. 390
Vacancy for EDITOR position to join the EIC team
Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang, Jordi L. Tremoleda and José Sanchez Morgado
pp. 390
Laboratory Animals presents Special Issue Biostatistics Notes
Romain-Daniel Gosselin and Penny S Reynolds
pp. 403
Study design: think ‘scientific value’ not ‘p-values’
Penny S Reynolds
pp. 404
Half the price, twice the gain: How to simultaneously decrease animal numbers and increase precision with good experimental design
Servan Luciano Grüninger and Florian Frommlet
pp. 411
Methods for applying blinding and randomisation in animal experiments
PS Verhave, R van Eenige and IACW Tiebosch
pp. 419
Treatment randomisation at animal or pen level?: Statistical analysis should follow the randomisation pattern!
Luc Duchateau, Robrecht Dockx, Klara Goethals, Matthijs Vynck, Frédéric Vangroenweghe and Christian Burvenich
pp. 427
Testing for normality: a user’s (cautionary) guide
Romain-Daniel Gosselin
pp. 433
Ditching the norm: Using alternative distributions for biological data analysis
Stanley E Lazic
pp. 438
Understanding p-values and significance
Naomi Altman and Martin Krzywinski
pp. 443
About statistical significance, and the lack thereof
Fulvio Magara and Benjamin Boury-Jamot
pp. 448
Depicting variability and uncertainty using intervals and error bars
Naomi Altman and Martin Krzywinski
pp. 453
Causal mediation analysis: How to avoid fooling yourself that X causes Y
Stanley E Lazic
pp. 458
Incorporating sources of correlation between outcomes: An introduction to mixed models
Limeng Liu and Ashley Petersen
pp. 463
Bayesian statistical concepts with examples from rodent toxicology studies
Gary J Larson and Keith R Shockley
pp. 470
How cage effects can hurt statistical analyses of completely randomized designs
Reid D. Landes
pp. 476
Preclinical pilot studies: Five common pitfalls and how to avoid them
Natasha A Karp, Alan Sharpe and Benjamin Phillips
pp. 481
Simulation methodologies to determine statistical power in laboratory animal research studies
Angela Jeffers, Kathryn Konrad, Gary Larson, Katherine Allen-Moyer, Helen Cunny and Keith Shockley
pp. 486
Heterogeneity of animal experiments and how to deal with it
Bernhard Voelkl and Hanno Wurbel
pp. 493
Our 61st Annual Meeting: An exciting programme is shaping up!
Jordi L. Tremoleda
pp. 499
Volume 58 – issue 4
LAS Around the Globe – United States of America
Jennie Lofgren and Kelly Metcalf-Pate
pp. 284
LAS Around the Globe – United States of America
Jennie Lofgren and Kelly Metcalf-Pate
pp. 284
Evaluation of a gel-based versus micro-pellet diet for adult zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Christine L Archer, Nikki K Tsuji, Molly H Waters, Jennifer L Brazzell, Derek L Fong, Jori K Leszczynski, Christopher A Manuel and Lauren M Habenicht
pp. 291
Auditory enrichment with different genres of music for colony queens
María C García Mitacek, Romina G Praderio, Micaela Tebes, Florencia García, María C Stornelli, Rodolfo Luzbel de la Sota and María A Stornelli
pp. 302
Efficient breeding system of infertile Niemann–Pick disease type C model mice by in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
Serina Kuroshima, Satohiro Nakao, Yuka Horikoshi, Kotono Ito, Akira Ishii, Aina Shirakawa, Yuki Kondo, Tetsumi Irie, Yoichi Ishitsuka, Naomi Nakagata and Toru Takeo
pp. 313
Refinement of intranasal delivery in rats: A cadaveric study
Margarida N Pereira, Carlos Venâncio, Maria de Lurdes Pinto, Sofia Alves-Pimenta and Bruno Colaço
pp. 324
Ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block in sheep: A cadaveric study
Giorgio Mattaliano, Natali Verdier, Moriz E Klonner, Michal Kyllar, Silvio Kau-Strebinger and Pablo E Otero
pp. 334
Statistical design for health monitoring in laboratory animal facilities using sentinel animals
Carlos Oscar S Sorzano, Irene Sánchez and Angel Naranjo
pp. 345
Experiences of early career researchers: Influences on the design and reporting of animal experiments, and the practical and emotional support needed to enhance best practice methods
Heidi Morahan, Nicola Hancock, Lisa Bero and Kieron Rooney
pp. 354
Periodic stays in a ‘playcage’ as an environmental enrichment measure for laboratory rats housed in individually ventilated cages: Short report
Oddrun A Gudbrandsen
pp. 365
SMAFIRA: a literature-based web tool to assist researchers with retrieval of 3R-relevant information
Daniel Butzke, Bettina Bert, Konrad Gulich, Gilbert Schönfelder and Mariana Neves
pp. 369
Lethal Gram-negative sepsis in healthy pigs during anaesthesia with contaminated propofol
Marit G Maaland, Marianne Oropeza-Moe, Silje K Nes, Frode Myrland, Cecilie Ersdal and Nils P Oveland
pp. 374
Retrospective analysis on the occurrence of kidney cysts in mice in a central animal facility in the years 2009–2019
Katrin Becker
pp. 380