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RSPCA- Housing and Care of Aquatic Species
Topic: Fish

Primate Systems Neuroscience
Topic: Non-Human Primate

Zebrafish Genome Project

The Sanger Institute started the zebrafish genome sequencing project in 2001 and has generated several genome assemblies of the Tuebingen strain. After the release of Zv9, the zebrafish genome project joined the Genome Reference Consortium (GRC) for further improvement and ongoing maintenance. The GRC has now released a new reference assembly, GRCz11.

Topic: Fish

Naked Mole-Rat Animal Research Information
Topic: Naked mole-rat

Fish Arthritis Research

According to a new study in eLife, arthritis is much more widespread in the animal kingdom than previously suspected.

Topic: Fish

Primates in Neuroscience Ethics
Topic: Non-Human Primate

NC3Rs- Quantifying the Potential of Skin Swabbing as a Refinement for DNA Sampling of Laboratory Fish

The recent development of skin swabbing techniques - which produce sufficient DNA for PCR amplification - potentially offers a refined procedure with enormous impact for fish welfare.

Topic: Fish

Naked Mole-Rat Genome Resource
Topic: Naked mole-rat

RSPCA- Guidance on the Housing and Care of Zebrafish
Topic: Fish

NC3Rs Non-Human Primate Welfare
Topic: Non-Human Primate

Evaluating and Optimizing Fish Health and Welfare During Experimental Procedures  
Topic: Fish

First Ever Survey of Approaches to Monkey Chair Restraint

In a transatlantic collaboration, scientists from the NC3Rs and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia have conducted the first ever survey of the approaches used for training monkeys for chair restraint.

Topic: Non-Human Primate

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