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In 2008, the UFAW/RSPCA Rabbit Behaviour and Welfare Group produced a resource that sets out practical guidance on fulfilling the basic needs of the rabbit.

Collecting blood for serology testing from research animals can be a challenging process that leads to increased stress in your animal. Exclusive to Charles River, our HemaTIP™ microsampler simplifies this process by placing the collection media on the tip of an easy-to-hold stylus.

There are several stages to consider when planning and carrying out studies involving animals to establish, implement and refine humane endpoints.

A resource from the research animals department on how housing and care can be refined to reduce suffering and improve welfare of animal species.

Norecopa has constructed four databases, which together with all the text on this website can be searched simultaneously using the search field at the top of every page.

The term ‘welfare assessment’ applies not only to monitoring animals for signs of pain, suffering and distress associated with procedures, but also to the routine assessment of all animals to check for any health or welfare problems

Improving welfare for animals used in telemetry studies, including maintaining social groups for instrumented animals, providing enrichment, implications of long-term housing and assessing welfare.

The careful selection of the method by which animals are killed is imperative to ensure that the animals are given the most humane death possible.

The University of Minnesota community strives to meet the highest ethical standards in the planning and conduct of research.

The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals and is based in Cambridge, UK. The Centre builds on the success of the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series which has become a renowned forum for exchange of research in animal rights law ever since its inception in 2015.

Cambridge Human Biology Research Ethics Committee considers applications for ethical approval for research programmes in human biology.