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ANZLAA LINKS.
Some useful links:
NHMRC: Guidelines to promote the wellbeing of animals used for scientific purposes: The assessment and alleviation of pain and distress in research animals
ANZCCART.
Institute of Animal Technology UK.
Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
Nuffield Council on Bioethics report, 'The Ethics of Research Involving Animals.' Probably the most comprehensive multi-stakeholder review of the ethics of animal research ever undertaken.
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research. A major, multi-disciplinary effort to advance "the 3Rs" through improved education, research and public information.
Research Defence Society. Founded a century ago, the RDS provides information on advances that have come from animal research.
Patients' Voice for Medical Advance. An example of a patients' advocacy group.
European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods.
Animal Ethics Infolink. A site providing comprehensive information on the regulatory framework that governs animal research. Although the emphasis is on NSW legislation, there is also much information of general relevance.
Animal Ethics Infolink. Animal Research Review Panel Guideline 20: Guidelines for the Housing of Rats in Scientific Establishments
The Virtual Mouse Necropsy
Journal of Visual Experiments:
Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. Includes Altweb which is an extensive database of alternatives to the use of animals:
John Hopkins Animal Care and Use Training:
Norwegian School of Veterinary Science:
Animal Welfare Information Centre:
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research:
Transgenic Animal Model Core - University of Michigan:
UNSW Embryology Mouse Development:
Mouse Information Handout - Florida Atlantic University:
Animal Dosage Calculator:
Digital Images of Veterinary Parasitology:
Lab Animal Journal:
RADIL Teaching Resources:
Virtual Mouse Necropsy:
Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals (AHWLA) - Tutorials:
Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook:
Microinjection Workshop:
Whole Mouse Catalogue - this site contains numerous Internet resources of interest to those in the laboratory animal industry working with mice and rats:
University of California - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Merck Veterinary Manual:
Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals
National Academy Press
An excellent reference book at a very reasonable price. The contents of the book is available on the web and fully searchable.
go there.