Learn more about skin swabbing as a welfare refinement, and how to establish a protocol for skin swabbing in your laboratory.
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Learn about the winning in vitro method for evaluating hormone potency and the highly commended organ-on-a-chip device to determine liver toxicity.
Results from a survey of the Named Information Officer community in the UK, collected and published in 2024.
Support to communicate research to replace, reduce or refine the use of animals.
Exercises to enhance critical analysis skills and improve your ability to evaluate scientific literature.
A framework to improve the lives of laboratory rodents through refined management approaches.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory mouse.
Resources and activities around NAMs (replacement technologies used to assess drug and chemical safety).
Bringing researchers together to exchange information, support collaborations and share technologies to maximise 3Rs impacts in oncology research.
Guidance, information and recommendations for those working with zebrafish.
Recommendations for reducing aggression between group-housed male mice.
Resources to help researchers initiate collaborations and share technologies to maximise the 3Rs impact of cardiovascular models.
Bringing researchers together to exchange information, support collaborations and share technologies to maximise 3Rs impacts.
NC3Rs resources for cardiovascular researchers developing 3Rs models or establishing new collaborations.
Practical advice on calculating how many matings to set up, including available breeding calculator tools.
Guidance on best practices in confirming, archiving and maintaining strains.
Answers to some of the most often asked questions on breeding and maintaining GA mouse colonies.
A high level introduction to best practice in mouse colony management, including confirming, archiving and maintaining mouse strains.
Guidance on the role of the 3Rs Champion within the research community.
Information on techniques for sampling blood in the mouse, covering non-surgical, surgical and terminal techniques.
A set of resources to support the adoption of the 3Rs in quality control and batch release testing of vaccines and biological therapeutics
Reasons for conducting a pilot study and what you can do with the results.
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An e-learning course covering the evidence base for adopting refined handling methods and the practical applications.
How funding bodies can embed the 3Rs in their peer review process, including details of our review and advice service.
