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Volume 53 Number 5 October 2019 Contents Working Party Report Revised recommendations for health monitoring of non-human primate colonies (2018): FELASA Working Group Report 429 I Balansard, L Cleverley, KL Cutler, MG Spa˚ngberg, K Thibault-Duprey and JAM Langermans Original Articles Characterization of inflammatory infiltrate of ulcerative dermatitis in C57BL/6NCrl-Tg(HMGA1P6)1Pg mice 447 D De Biase, F Esposito, M De Martino, C Pirozzi, A Luciano, G Palma, GM Raso, V Iovane, S Marzocco, A Fusco and O Paciello Comparison of pre-emptive butorphanol or metamizole with ketamine þmedetomidine and s-ketamine þ medetomidine anaesthesia in improving intraoperative analgesia in mice 459 C Bauer, U Schillinger, J Brandl, A Meyer-Lindenberg, A Ott and C Baumgartner Acinetobacter species in laboratory mice: species survey and antimicrobial resistance 470 L Benga, AT Feßler, WPM Benten, E Engelhardt, K Ko¨hrer, S Schwarz and M Sager Reliability of behavioral tests in the middle cerebral artery occlusion model of rat 478 J Yu, J Moon, J Jang, JI Choi, J Jung, S Hwang and M Kim Effect of three opioid-based analgesic protocols on the perioperative autonomic-mediated cardiovascular response in sheep 491 L Bellini and GM De Benedictis A REDCap application that links researchers, animal facility staff and members of the IACUC in animal health monitoring 500 C Carvajal, C Vallejos, D Lemaitre, J Ruiz, C Guzma´n, V Aguilera, D Ban˜o and SD Calligaris Short Report Implementing strategies to reduce singly housed male mice 508 G Azkona and JM Caballero News Watch out for three FELASA Working Group recommendations 513 J-P Mocho Calendar of events/Index to advertisers 524 LAJ worth its weight in GOLD DID YOU KNOW THAT GOLD MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE (AALAS) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED PRINT AND DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION OF LABORATORY ANIMALS JOURNAL! 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