10.18453/rosdok_id00004344 Xie, Wentao Wentao Xie http://d-nb.info/gnd/1294481479 Universität Rostock 2022 570 Life science 610 Medical sciences Medicine 2022 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00004344 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00004344-6 The assessment and improvement of animal welfare is not only an ethical requirement, but also a guarantee of efficient and high quality translational research. In recent years, sophisticated animal models were created to study human diseases. However, the assessment of distress in these animal models is scarce. In order to provide a solid basis for optimizing animal welfare in future studies, body weight, burrowing, nesting activity, faecal corticosterone metabolites (FCMs), and distress scores were analyzed in several animal models.