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2005 award totals: $115,560

Kurt K. Sladky, MS, DVM, University of Wisconsin “Opioid-dependent Alterations in Nociception and Respiration in Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps) and Corn Snakes (Elaphe guttata)” The goal is to develop an effective analgesic therapy for attenuating nociception without causing respiratory depression across two (2) reptile Orders; Serpentes (snakes) and Squamates (lizards).
M. Babette Fontenot, DVM, PhD, University of Louisiana, Lafayette “Dose Finding Study for Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior in Rhesus Macaques” The aim of this study is to develop effective treatment strategies for self-injurious behavior in macaques.
Henry and Lois Foster Grant – Andrew M. Hoffman, DVM, DVSc, Tufts University “Refinement of Pulmonary Function Testing Employed for Asthma Research in Mice” The purpose of this project is to investigate a novel method/refinement to evaluate pulmonary function testing techniques used in asthma research.
Grant made with assistance of the Dolphin Trust – F. Claire Hankenson, MS, DVM, University of Michigan “Correlation Between Tail Ossification and Behavioral Response to Tail Biopsy in Laboratory Mice” This study will rigorously evaluate temporal tail ossification in common strains of laboratory mice using novel rodent imaging techniques and correlate ossification with innervation, age, and pain responses.
Grant made with assistance of 3M, AALAS, & AAALAC International – Joy Mench, PhD, University of California, Davis “Environmental Enrichment, Aggression and Stress in Male Mice” This project will assess the effects of a range of common enrichments on aggression and stress in one outbred (CD1) and two inbred mouse stains (BALB/c, C57BL/6J). The goal is to provide data that can be used for successful enrichment strategies for group housed male mice.
- 2006 Presentation made at ACLAM Forum.

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