Robert Kaiser
Charles River Laboratories
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Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2015
Robert Kaiser; Stephen Tichenor; Douglas Regalia; Kristina York; Henry Holzgrefe
INTRODUCTION Proactive efforts to socially house laboratory animals are a contemporary, important focus for enhancing animal welfare. Jacketing cynomolgus monkeys has been traditionally considered an exclusionary criterion for social housing based on unsubstantiated concerns that study conduct or telemetry equipment might be compromised. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of jacketing naïve, adolescent cynomolgus monkeys in different single and social housing types based on parallel comparisons of heart rate. METHODS Eight naive cynomolgus monkeys were randomized into pairs and ECG data were collected for 24h from each animal in each housing condition using a crossover design. Caging paradigms consisted of standard individual, standard pair, quaternary pair (4 linked cages), and European-style pair housing in non-sequential order varied by pair to control for possible time bias. Dosing and blood collection procedures were performed to characterize any effects of housing on ECG data during study conduct. RESULTS There was no increase in the incidence of equipment damage in pair vs. individually housed animals. Further, animals in all 4 housing paradigms showed similar acclimation assessed as heart rate (mean 139-154 beats per minute), and maintained similar diurnal rhythms, with an expected slowing of the heart rate at night (aggregate lights out HR 110±4bpm compared to daytime 146±7bpm). DISCUSSION This study demonstrates the effects of different social access and housing types on the study-naïve cynomolgus monkeys during jacketed cardiovascular telemetry data collection in a repeat-dose toxicology study design. There were no discernible effects of social housing on baseline ECG parameters collected via jacketed telemetry, and all animals maintained expected diurnal rhythms in all housing settings tested. These data demonstrate that cynomolgus monkeys can be socially housed during data collection as a standard practice, consistent with global efforts to improve study animal welfare.
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2016
Helen Prior; Anna Bottomley; Pascal Champeroux; Jason Cordes; Eric Delpy; Noel Dybdal; Nick Edmunds; Mike Engwall; Mike Foley; Michael Gerhard Hoffmann; Robert Kaiser; Ken Meecham; Stéphane Milano; Aileen Milne; Rick Nelson; Brian Roche; Jean-Pierre Valentin; Gemma Ward; Kathryn Chapman
Introduction The Safety Pharmacology Society (SPS) and National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) conducted a survey and workshop in 2015 to define current industry practices relating to housing of non-rodents during telemetry recordings in safety pharmacology and toxicology studies. The aim was to share experiences, canvas opinion on the study procedures/designs that could be used and explore the barriers to social housing. Methods Thirty-nine sites, either running studies (Sponsors or Contract Research Organisations, CROs) and/or outsourcing work responded to the survey (51% from Europe; 41% from USA). Results During safety pharmacology studies, 84, 67 and 100% of respondents socially house dogs, minipigs and non-human primates (NHPs) respectively on non-recording days. However, on recording days 20, 20 and 33% of respondents socially house the animals, respectively. The main barriers for social housing were limitations in the recording equipment used, study design and animal temperament/activity. During toxicology studies, 94, 100 and 100% of respondents socially house dogs, minipigs and NHPs respectively on non-recording days. However, on recording days 31, 25 and 50% of respondents socially house the animals, respectively. The main barriers for social housing were risk of damage to and limitations in the recording equipment used, food consumption recording and temperament/activity of the animals. Conclusions Although the majority of the industry does not yet socially house animals during telemetry recordings in safety pharmacology and toxicology studies, there is support to implement this refinement. Continued discussions, sharing of best practice and data from companies already socially housing, combined with technology improvements and investments in infrastructure are required to maintain the forward momentum of this refinement across the industry.
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2010
Robert Kaiser; Roy Erwin; Stephen Tichenor; Douglas Regalia; Dennis J. Meyer
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2016
Stephen Tichenor; Douglas Regalia; Henry Holzgrefe; Brittany Lilly; Angela Wilcox; Robert Kaiser
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2017
Nataliya Sadekova; Kevin Norton; Robert Kaiser; Henry Holzgrefe
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2015
Wendy G. Halpern; Henry Holzgrefe; Jennifer Chilton; Matthew Smith; Robert Kaiser
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2014
Robert Kaiser; Ryan Lindquist; Douglas Regalia; Jennifer Doyle
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2012
Robert Kaiser; John Barnett; Iacono Giuseppina; Stephen Wilson; Jason M. Shearer; Lisa M. Diehl; Stephanie Clubb; Henry Holzgrefe; Dennis J. Meyer
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2012
Stephen Wilson; Robert Kaiser; Henry Holzgrefe
Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 2012
Stephen Tichenor; Douglas Regalia; Robert Kaiser; Stephen Wilson; Roy Erwin; Henry Holzgrefe; Dennis J. Meyer