Millions of fishes are used in research and testing globally each year, and there is now widening recognition of the need to minimise harms and improve welfare. This RSPCA-led online event, which is now in its fourth year, brings together experts to share cutting-edge knowledge and approaches to refining fish care and use, enhancing animal welfare, reproducibility and translatability.
Join us on February 29th to hear from global experts on these topics by registering below.
11:00 AM
Welcome
Session One: Monitoring health and welfare
11:05 AM
An adaptable, user-friendly score sheet to monitor welfare in experimental fish
11:30 AM
Guidance for checking of laboratory fishes
11:55 AM
FELASA-AALAS Recommendations for Monitoring and Reporting of Laboratory Fish Diseases and Health Status, with an Emphasis on Zebrafish
12:20 PM - 1:15 PM
Break
Session Two: 3Rs for field studies
1:15 PM
Applying the 3Rs principles in wild fish research
1:40 PM
To be announced
2:05 PM
Title to be announced
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Break
Session Three: Refining housing, husbandry and care
2:50 PM
Refining the use of general anaesthesia in embryo larval zebrafish: effective and tolerated concentrations of six commonly used fish anaesthetics
3:15 PM
A systematic review of the impact of environmental enrichment in zebrafish
3:40 PM
Improving zebrafish maintenance conditions and handling procedures with ethology and ecology in mind
4:05 PM - 4:15 PM
Meeting wrap up, take home messages of the day and close