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The following videos are selected presentations on the importance of socially housing lab animals, social housing best practices for ruminants, nonhuman primates, rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters, and viewpoints on social housing. The 2014 Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals playlist can be viewed on YouTube or as individual videos below.
The 2014 Symposium was held at the University of Colorado-Denver - Anschutz Medical Center in Devner, Colorado and co-hosted by:
- USDA, NAL, Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
- NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
- University of Colorado-Denver - Anschutz Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
Keynote/Importance of Social Housing
Speaker: Bernard Rollin, Colorado State University
Keynote/Ruminants
Speaker: Temple Grandin, Colorado State University
Best Practices for Socializing Macaques
Speaker: Kate Baker, Tulane National Primate Research Centers
Mixed Primate Species Housing
Speaker: Joe Erwin, George Washington University
Rabbits
Speaker: Jeff Wyatt, University of Rochester
Other Rodents (Guinea Pigs and Hamsters)
Speaker: Guy Mulder, Charles River Laboratories
Veterinarian's Role in Social Housing
Speaker: Eric Hutchinson, Johns Hopkins University
Current Viewpoints from Regulators and Peer Reviewers: USDA APHIS
Speaker: Carol Clarke, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
Current Viewpoints from Regulators and Peer Reviewers: NIH OLAW
Speaker: Axel Wolff, NIH, OLAW
Current Viewpoints from Regulators and Peer Reviewers: AAALAC International
Speaker: John Bradfield, AAALAC International
These presentations are being hosted by the Animal Welfare Information Center, a service of The National Agricultural Library. Staff did 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.