Do unhappy mice give bad information? “Poor housing and extreme

inbreeding is taking a toll on the

value of mice in biomedical

research, say ethologists at this

week’s meeting of the

International Society of Applied

Ethology in Davis, California.

Most lab mice are housed in

shoebox-sized containers with

sawdust bedding and plenty of food and water. When they are

allowed companions, these are usually of the same sex.” BioMedNet