Cage aggression in group-housed laboratory male mice: an international data crowdsourcing project.

ABSTRACT: Aggression in group-housed laboratory mice is a serious animal welfare concern. Further understanding of the causes of mouse aggression could have a significant impact on a large number of laboratory animals. The NC3Rs led a crowdsourcing project to collect data on the prevalence and potential triggers of aggression in laboratory mice. The crowdsourcing approach collected data from multiple institutions and is the first time such an approach has been applied to a laboratory animal welfare problem. Technicians observed group-housed, male mice during daily routine cage checks and recorded all incidents of aggression-related injuries. In total, 44 facilities participated in the study and data was collected by 143 animal technicians. A total of 788 incidents of aggression-related injuries were

SUBMITTER: Lidster K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6811576 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature