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Norecopa Rat Handling and Techniques
Topic: Rat

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

Refining Dog Care

These photographic guides should be used in conjunction with our Welfare Monitoring Tools to identify behaviours which indicate positive and negative welfare. Video guides to behaviour are also available. 

Topic: Dog

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

Rat Guide Laypersons Site
Topic: Rat

Rat Behaviour and Biology Laypersons Site
Topic: Rat

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Procedures With Care Website

Procedures with Care Website by Newcastle University, NC3Rs and IAT, provides a series of resources to support the adoption of best practice for commonly used procedures in animal research.

Topic: Other Resources

Guidelines for the Care and Use of Animals in Research and Teaching

The website is maintained by Norecopa. It covers all Three Rs, is in English and free of charge. 

Topic: Other Resources

Guidelines on The Care and Use of Fish in Research-Norecopa
Topic: Other Resources

Animal Research Info
Topic: Other Resources

60 Years of the 3Rs: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead

A celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the publication of The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique by W.M.S Russell and R.L. Burch. The film of this event, which featured some of the eminent scientists and researchers in the field of alternatives to animal testing, took place on November 22, 2019 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

Topic: Other Resources

Norecopa- Consensus Meetings on The Care and Use of Fish Wildlife and Agricultural Animals in Research
Topic: Other Resources

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