Balancing Animal Welfare with Science
At the start of the assessment view the animal from a distance and note its natural appearance and undisturbed behaviour. Next, as you approach the animal it should take notice…
GENERAL
Carnivores
Pain and stress recognition Familiarity with the individual dog’s normal behaviour allows identification of any changes brought about by the presence of pain. A dog in pain or distress may…
Aquatic Species
The speed with which these parameters may change depends on numerous factors including the ratio of fish biomass to water volume and the capacity of the filtration system. Therefore no…
Ethical Considerations around using Animals in Research
Replacement Alternatives are often argued not to be ‘the real thing’, but neither are live animal models. In the field of toxicity testing, the US National Academy of Sciences17 has…
Humane Methods of Killing
A Section 2C licence includes conditions requiring the holder to keep a register of people who are competent to kill protected animals. In relation to each person named it must…
Principles of Animal Use and Experimental Design
There are many methods which can be used to minimise the effect of variation, through different experimental designs (blocking, factorial design) or statistical analyses such as analysis of variance (ANOVA)…
The Regulatory Framework
Box 3.1 Summary of protected animals and regulated procedures A protected animal is defined as ‘any living vertebrate, other than man, and any living cephalopod’. Animals are protected from defined…
Education and Training for the Personal Licence Holder
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 1 Education and Training for the Personal Licence Holder Introduction The use of animals in research in the UK and Europe is controlled by several pieces of…
Animal Husbandry, Environmental Enrichment and Occupational Health and Safety
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 5 Animal Husbandry, Environmental Enrichment and Occupational Health and Safety Animal Husbandry Experimental animals are a part of the experimental system, so it is important to minimise variation…
