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The following videos are selected presentations on pairing nonhuman primates, environmental enrichments for zebrafish and amphibians, and viewpoints from regulators and peer reviewers on social housing lab animals. The 2016 Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals playlist can be viewed on YouTube or as individual videos below.
The 2016 Symposium was held at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, California and co-hosted by:
- USDA, NAL, Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
- NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
- University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals 2016 Organizer's Welcome
Speaker: Joanne Zurlo, Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
Keynote: Understanding Cohesion and Collapse in Macaques Societies for Social Management Purposes
Speaker: Brenda McCowan, University of California, Davis
Tales from an Infectious Disease Researcher: Why Social Housing Conditions Matter
Speakers: Kelly Metcalf-Pate, Johns Hopkins University
Sex Differences in the Role of Temperament and Physical Factors in Pairing Compatibility
Speaker: John Capitanio, University of California, Davis
Social Housing of Swine: Ethological and Cognitive Well-being Considerations
Speaker: Eric Hutchinson, National Institutes of Health
Environmental Enrichment of Zebrafish
Speaker: Doreen Bartlett, NIH, OLAW
Environmental Enrichment of Amphibians
Speaker: Jim Cox, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Current Viewpoints from Regulators and Peer Reviewers: NIH OLAW
Speaker: Pat Brown, NIH, OLAW
Current Viewpoints from Regulators and Peer Reviewers: USDA APHIS
Speaker: Carol Clarke, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
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.