Home >

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.