Animal-centric Care and Management: Enhancing Refinement in Biomedical Research
暫譯: 以動物為中心的護理與管理：提升生物醫學研究的精緻度

3R（精煉、減少和替代）的概念在過去半個世紀中被用作改善實驗室動物福利的框架。透過建立以動物為中心的住房和管理觀點，以動物為中心的護理與管理：提升生物醫學研究中的精煉將拉塞爾和伯奇對精煉的定義視為「消除不人道行為」，並進一步發展。這本書不僅僅是將動物置於實驗條件中，而是鼓勵讀者調整條件，以更好地滿足動物的行為、情感、身體和生理需求及偏好。專家作者團隊來自實驗動物科學、動物行為學、生物學以及動物訓練等領域，提供創造住房條件和處理程序的想法，旨在根據當前的能力和知識，促進我們所照顧的動物長期保持積極的心理狀態。

本書是為動物護理員、動物健康技術員、研究人員、動物設施管理者、實驗室動物獸醫以及任何從事活體實驗動物工作或對持續改善實驗室動物福利感興趣的人士所撰寫的。這本跨學科的指南將作為催化劑，促使多個觀點和領域合作，以優化實驗室動物的福利。

Dorte Bratbo Sørensen is a veterinarian and PhD in ethology and animal welfare. Currently, she is an associated professor in laboratory animal science at the University of Copenhagen, where she is teaching laboratory animal ethics, welfare and behavior. Dorte Bratbo Sørensen's research interests evolve around animal behavior and animal welfare and her main research areas are evaluating the impact on different housing systems and various environmental enrichment or handling techniques on animal welfare and data quality. Another important area of interest is the implementation of training and socializing - especially the use of positive reinforcement training - as a way to enhance animal welfare and optimize the collection of physiological data. Together with Copenhagen Zoo, she arranges courses and seminars in laboratory animal positive reinforcement training and handling, and she is the founder of Centre for Laboratory Animal Training CeLAT.

Co-editor Dr. Sylvie Cloutier currently works at the Canadian Council on Animal Care. Sylvie's research interest is on factors affecting the behaviour and well-being of farm and laboratory animals, and the quality of human-animal interactions. She was a leader in introducing 'rat tickling' as a method to improve handling of laboratory rats.

Co-editor Dr. Brianna N. Gaskill leads a research program focusing on welfare assessment of laboratory animals. She utilizes natural behavior, physiology, and affective state to assess an animal's overall well-being. She is especially interested how better welfare can translate into better and more robust science. Her research interests include: applied ethology, enrichment design and application, improving husbandry techniques, and how environment can affect scientific results when not tailored to the animal's needs and motivations.

Dorte Bratbo Sørensen 是一位獸醫，並擁有動物行為學和動物福利的博士學位。目前，她是哥本哈根大學實驗動物科學的副教授，教授實驗動物倫理、福利和行為。Dorte Bratbo Sørensen 的研究興趣圍繞動物行為和動物福利，她的主要研究領域是評估不同飼養系統和各種環境豐富化或處理技術對動物福利和數據質量的影響。另一個重要的興趣領域是實施訓練和社交，特別是使用正增強訓練，以提升動物福利並優化生理數據的收集。她與哥本哈根動物園合作，舉辦實驗動物正增強訓練和處理的課程和研討會，並且是實驗動物訓練中心 CeLAT 的創始人。

共同編輯 Dr. Sylvie Cloutier 目前在加拿大動物護理委員會工作。Sylvie 的研究興趣在於影響農場和實驗室動物行為及福祉的因素，以及人與動物互動的質量。她在引入「老鼠撓癢」作為改善實驗室老鼠處理方法方面是一位領導者。

共同編輯 Dr. Brianna N. Gaskill 領導一個專注於實驗動物福利評估的研究計劃。她利用自然行為、生理學和情感狀態來評估動物的整體福祉。她特別感興趣於如何改善福利能轉化為更好且更穩健的科學。她的研究興趣包括：應用動物行為學、豐富化設計與應用、改善飼養技術，以及環境如何影響科學結果，尤其是在未根據動物的需求和動機量身定制的情況下。