Volume 60 – issue 2
News from the EIC team
Fernando Gonzalez-Uarquin, Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang and Jordi L. Tremoleda
pp. 129
News from the EIC team
Fernando Gonzalez-Uarquin, Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang and Jordi L. Tremoleda
pp. 129
A review of the comparative anatomy of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica) and its relevance to translational research in abdominal transplantation
Dylan R. Barnett, Rohan Bhattacharjya and Shantanu Bhattacharjya
pp. 131
Implications of stress for animal welfare and animal-based research
Sarah E. Wolfensohn, Vera Baumans, F. Josef van der Staay and Saskia S. Arndt
pp. 144
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in conscious mice: a refined method for repetitive applications without restraint
Nora Rautenberg, Stefan Johannes Blaschke, Susan Vlachakis, Michael Schroeter, Gereon Rudolf Fink and Maria Adele Rueger
pp. 157
Darkness during behavioral tests induces exploratory activity and decreases anxiety-related behavior in male mice
Kseniya Avimova and Dmitry Sandakov
pp. 171
Carprofen increases the risk of anastomotic leakage in a mouse model of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Philip Claus, Rebecca Springer, Christoph Otto, Florian Seyfried and Nicolas Schlegel
pp. 182
Widespread antimicrobial use in laboratory rodent vivaria in North America revealed by a cross-sectional survey of American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine certified veterinarians
Rebbecca S Wilcox, Marc S Marenda, Joanne M Devlin, Kathleen R Pritchett-Corning and Colin R Wilks
pp. 193
How to teach practical skills with live laboratory animals? Using collective reflection to explore approaches and systematise strategies
Andreia Costa, Júlio Borlido Santos and I. Anna S. Olsson
pp. 205
Evaluation of the convergence site as a refinement over the facial vein for chin bleed of CD1 female mice
Andrea Pardo-Pedraza, Chereen Collymore and Lucia Amendola
pp. 215
Research sense: Incorporating animals’ sensory capacities in animal care and study design
Mal Graham and Bob Fischer
pp. 220
Thanks to Reviewers
pp. 225
The SGV Meeting on 24–25 November 2026 in Lausanne, Switzerland
Paulin Jirkof
pp. 227
Support for 2025 ESLAV-ECLAM Summer School ‘The art and science of surgical technique and experimental design’
LAL Secretariat
pp. 229
Volume 60 – issue 1
Sixty Years of Laboratory Animals
Jan-Bas Prins
pp. 9
Sixty Years of Laboratory Animals
Jan-Bas Prins
pp. 9
Delivering on the promise of automated laboratory animal welfare monitoring: Data, technology and validity
Anna S. Olsson
pp.11
Assessing laboratory animal welfare: the crucial importance of construct validity
Georgia Mason
pp. 13
Beyond single metrics: Multi-parameter home-cage monitoring improves welfare assessment
Steven R Talbot, Rene H Tolba and Andre Bleich
pp. 20
Challenges and expectations on the use of automated home cage monitoring for advancing laboratory animal care and welfare
Jordi L Tremoleda, Aurora Bronstad, Heidrun Potschka, Petra Seebeck, Oliver Stiedl , Vootele Voikar and Sara Wells; TEATIME Animal Welfare Subgroup
pp. 25
FELASA recommendations for continuing professional development for professionals involved in animal research
Magda Joao Castelhano-Carlos, Marcel Gyger, Chris Van Ginneken, Mats SjOquist, Philippe Bugnon and Ana Isabel Santos
pp. 31
Sex-specific histoarchitecture and functional correlation of the rat thyroid gland
Ivan Milošević, Anja Nikolić, Emilija Nićković, Anita Radovanović, Bogomir Bolka Prokić, Jelena Jugović, Đurđica Marić, Aleksandra Buha Đorđević and Tijana Lužajić Božinovski
pp. 42
Shelved cages impact affective behavior in Sprague Dawley rats – implications for animal welfare
Logan J Bigelow, Emily K Pope, Clare PL Lee, Veronica K Sohasky, Sarah K MacLeod and Paul B Bernard
pp. 53
Tembleque (SDtq) rat: A new model of leukodystrophy associated with hypomyelination and impaired oligodendrocyte maturation
Martin Breijo, Florencia Fontes, Mariela Santos, Laura Martinez Palma, Sergio Rocha, Patricia Genovesse, Bin Liu, David Aghado, Carlos Perez and Fernando Benavides
pp. 63
Clinical evaluation of intranasal midazolam and alfaxalone for induction of anaesthesia in rabbits
Jennifer Hiekel, Peter WM Kronen and Karina Klein
pp. 75
Advancing ethical standards in Göttingen Minipigs studies: The feasibility and reliability of Vascular Access Buttons™
Melanie Reijnaers, Joelle van Dijk, Gabry Warmels, Adrian Zeltner and Judith Latour
pp. 85
Isolated perfusion of pig kidney segments to study renal function: a translational model for human kidneys
Thomas C Beham and Frank Schweda
pp. 96
One size does not fit all: Guidelines for designing a score sheet for animal experiments – eight essential steps
Michaela Thallmair, Maria J Duque-Correa, Maike Heimann and Philippe Bugnon
pp. 110
The 2nd Central and Eastern European Laboratory Animal Science Congress is coming — a prestigious and unique event jointly organised by 10 FELASA member associations, together with ESLAV and ECLAM, which is still quite exceptional in our field
Jan Honetschlager
pp. 119
Volume 59 – issue 6
Introducing entrustable professional activities and competency-based development into workplace-based training within laboratory animal sciences
Ivo Tiebosch, Lucy Whitfield and Robert Favier
pp. 645
Introducing entrustable professional activities and competency-based development into workplace-based training within laboratory animal sciences
Ivo Tiebosch, Lucy Whitfield and Robert Favier
pp. 645
Welfare complications in the male BN/Crl and RjHan:SD rat streptozotocin-induced diabetes models
Anni Tenhunen, Satu Mering, Hanna-Marja Voipio, Heidi Isohookana, Niina Jääskeläinen, Otto Kalliokoski, Anna M Koponen, Birgitta Lappeteläinen, Päivi Partanen, Rubina Thapa, Leena Tähtivaara and Marc Cerrada Gimenez
pp. 652
A simple and rapid shaking-based assay to genotype live, early developmental stage zebrafish embryos
Rima Siauciuinate, Christelle Etard, Almut Koehler, Odelia Pisanty, Miriam Otto, Thomas Dickmeis, Olivier Kassel, Yoav Gothilf, Nicholas S Foulkes and Daniela Vallone
pp. 664
Antinociceptive and motor-blocking effects of epidurally administered diphenhydramine at different concentrations in conscious rabbits: a randomized–controlled trial
Navid Ziaei-Darounkolaei, Ismael Hernández-Ávalos, Vahid Vahedian, Majid Soleimannejad, Alireza Kaveh-Aski, Hossein Rezaei, Mohsen Keyhani and Bahador Barari
pp. 676
Conspecific images require longer visual processing than simple stimuli in healthy four-week old piglets
R Anna Oeur and Susan S Margulies
pp. 692
Cardiopulmonary, echodopplercardiographic and cardiac output effects of isoflurane anaesthesia in male sheep
Rauane Sousa de Moura, Beatriz Kawamura Rodrigues, Daianny Pires de Freitas, Jéssica Rocha Gonçalves, Sandro de Melo Braga, Rosângela de Oliveira Alves Carvalho and Leandro Guimarães Franco
pp. 702
Giving less power to statistical power
Megan D. Higgs and Valentin Amrhein
pp. 714
Advancing animal welfare: A natural mating protocol for Xenopus laevis
Elena Menegola, Francesca Di Renzo, Renato Bacchetta and Maria Battistoni
pp. 722