The issues addressed in this Report have been a subject of intense public debate over at least the past four hundred years. Feelings are strong on all sides of the issues, and in recent years reports of violent action against those conducting animal research in the UK have brought the matter to the forefront of public attention.
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Nuffield Bioethics
Topic: Ethics
Altbib-Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing
ALTBIB is a search tool that retrieves PubMed citations on alternatives to the use of live vertebrates in biomedical research and testing. It includes citations from published articles, books, book chapters, and technical reports. It also provides links to news sources and additional resources on alternatives to animal testing.
A wide variety of topics are covered, including biologics and vaccines, carcinogenesis, cytotoxicity, ecotoxicity, genotoxicity, hepatic/renal toxicity, immunotoxicity/immunology, neurotoxicity, ocular toxicity, pharmacokinetic/mechanistic studies, pyrogenicity, pulmonary toxicity, quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR), reproductive and developmental toxicity, skin toxicity, and animal welfare.
Topic: Alternative methods
RSPCA Ethical Review
Topic: Ethics
Species specific
G/A Mice
General information collated to help with the implementation of approaches to reduce and refine the use of GA mice.
Topic: Mice
Norecopa Mouse Handling Procedures Videos
Topic: Mice
RSPCA Rodent Welfare Group
A key aim of the Group is to encourage people to take account of the whole lifetime experience of laboratory rodents, ensuring that every potential impact on their wellbeing has been reviewed and refined.
Topic: Mice, Rat
genOway EUCOMM KO models
genOway offers industry scientists immediate access to EUCOMM conditional KO mouse models.
Topic: Mice
RSPCA GA Passport
The booklet is aimed at anyone working with or caring for GA animals, those responsible for recording or maintaining records of GA animals, and/or those involved in the import, export or transport of GA animals.
Topic: Mice
Sharing and Archiving GA Mice
Topic: Mice
Inbred Strains of Mice and Rats-Jax
This page provides access to searchable, hypertext listings of inbred strains of mice and inbred strains of rats. Both sets of information were provided by Dr. Michael FW Festing (MRC Toxicology Unit) and were converted for Web presentation by the Mouse Genome Informatics Group at The Jackson Laboratory.
Topic: Mice, Rat
Transgenic Training
In 2006, the Transgenic Training Working Group (TTWG) was formed to identify and provide specific training for carers and users of genetically altered animals.
Topic: Mice