Technical staff at Newcastle University are driving the uptake of refined mouse pick up methods across UK institutions.

A new study shows that how mice are picked up by the experimenter can substantially change their behaviour in cognitive tests. The work, by Dr Kelly Gouveia and Professor Jane Hurst from the ...

The key to non-aversive methods of handling lies in understanding what capture method creates the least anxiety in mice: be this tunnel or cupping or another method. It is important that we do not get ...

The objective of this project was to introduce tunnel handling—a non-aversive alternative to tail handling—to mice during husbandry and routine handling procedures across a large facility with ...

If you need a mouse that can handle more than just the typical MMO grind or a mouse that's ready to take on a quick succession of opponents back-to-back, and you need both precision and reliability at ...