Incorporating new behavioral approaches for more efficient & effective animal facilities

Have tradition, design replication, rules of thumb, and metrics from a different technology era been unnecessarily limiting the efficiency of animal facilities and driving up costs? Jeff Zynda and John Hasenau look at recent data from legacy designs and how new models can deliver improvements in study reproducibility, space efficiency, and cost by shedding outdated concepts. They assess opportunities stemming from advances in micro vs. macro environments, dusk to dawn lighting, temperature, and color, acoustics and RF/EMI interference, environment monitoring, animal observations, and interactions. They provide answers for commonly-raised concerns when adopting next-gen solutions in risk-averse organizations.