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Comments on the dilemma in the November issue: Is this nice for mice?
Author(s) -
Rodgers Janet,
Williams David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.k4939
Subject(s) - dilemma , animal welfare , position (finance) , veterinary medicine , medicine , business , biology , philosophy , finance , ecology , epistemology
In the dilemma discussed in the November issue of In Practice , David Williams described a scenario where you have recently taken up a position as Named Veterinary Surgeon at a research laboratory. Until this point you have worked in small animal medicine. A lot of research is conducted on mice kept in individually ventilated cages and you are concerned that the housing does not meet the five welfare needs of the animals ( IP , November 2018, vol 40, pp 422‐423). What could or would you do?