Are happy lab animals better for science?
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It is likely that 'happy animals make good science'.
“It is therefore likely that ‘happy animals make good science’ ( Grimm, 2018; Poole, 1997).”
From Stage 2 Registered Report: Refinement of tickling protocols to improve positive animal welfare in laboratory rats (2025) · cites this paper as Grimm, 2018
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Animal experimentation: implementation and application of the 3Rs
Lewis, D. I. (2019) · Emerging Topics in Life Sciences · doi:10.1042/etls20190061 · Cited by 114 · see citing works
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Living inside the box: environmental effects on mouse models of human disease
Sundberg, J. P., & Schofield, P. N. (2018) · Disease Models & Mechanisms · doi:10.1242/dmm.035360 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
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de Abreu, M. S., Giacomini, A. C. V. V., Genário, R., dos Santos, B. E., Marcon, L., Demin, K. A., Galstyan, D. S., Strekalova, T., Amstislavskaya, T. G., & Kalueff, A. V. (2020) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.12.014 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Guerrero-Martin, S. M., Rubin, L. H., McGee, K. M., Shirk, E. N., Queen, S. E., Li, M., Bullock, B. T., Carlson, B. W., Adams, R. J., Gama, L., et al. (2021) · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1093/infdis/jiab252 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
The Symbiotic Relationship Between Scientific Quality and Animal Research Ethics
Brill, S. A., Guerrero-Martin, S. M., & Pate, K. A. M. (2019) · ILAR Journal · doi:10.1093/ilar/ilab023 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Bombail, V., Brown, S. M., Beyts, C., Martin, J. E., Li, T., Meddle, S. L., Mendl, M., Robinson, E. S., Hammond, T. J., Nielsen, B. L., et al. (2025) · F1000Research · doi:10.12688/f1000research.166417.2 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
“It is therefore likely that ‘ happy animals make good science ’ (Grimm, 2018; Poole, 1997).”
Guerrero-Martin, S. M., Rubin, L. H., McGee, K. M., Shirk, E. N., Queen, S. E., Li, M., Bullock, B. T., Carlson, B. W., Adams, R. J., Gama, L., et al. (2020) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2020.04.21.054130 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Bombail, V., Brown, S. M., Martin, J., Meddle, S., Mendl, M., Robinson, E. S. J., Hammond, T. J., Nielsen, B. L., LaFollette, M. R., Viñuela-Fernández, I., et al. (2022) · F1000Research · doi:10.12688/f1000research.125649.1 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Dennis, M. J. (2024) · doi:10.1002/9781119555278.ch11 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Bueno, J. C., & Elliott, V. L. (2026) · Wildlife Biology · doi:10.1002/wlb3.01669
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- AAAS Articles DO Group
- Published
- 2021-06-01
- OpenAlex
- W2791642099
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
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- dataset
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- AAAS Articles DO Group (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal testing and alternatives
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
- Keywords
- animal welfare, laboratory animals, animal research ethics, animal sentience
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