BACKGROUND AND AIMS Few studies have described relations between exposure to laboratory animals and the incidence of laboratory animal allergy (LAA). Studies that have found exposure-response relations have been cross sectional in design or have focused on exposure to rats and mice. This study used longitudinal data collected over a 12 year period to describe the relations between indices of ex...

This article introduces the ArduiPod Box, an open-source device built using two main components (i.e., an iPod Touch and an Arduino microcontroller), developed as a low-cost alternative to the standard operant conditioning chamber, or "Skinner box." Because of its affordability, the ArduiPod Box provides an opportunity for educational institutions with small budgets seeking to set up animal lab...

The use of laboratory rodents is, and will continue to be, essential in biomedical research. However, like all living things, laboratory rodents have their associated "baggage" of other organisms, whether paying passengers, silent stowaways, or mutineers and pirates of the goods at hand. In other words, we should expect laboratory rodents to have characteristic health flaws. The field of labora...