Small Project and Travel Awards
Mouse welfare at World Congress
UFAW funded Michael Walker, University of Guelph, Canada, to undertake research on improving the welfare of mice used in research and to present his work at the 9th World Congress on Alternatives. Many common methods used to mark mice can compromise their welfare. Michael’s work has shown that housing different mouse strains together makes animals easy to distinguish avoiding the need to expose them to any stress from marking and the associated handling.
