Webinar on the pioneering approach to implementing refinements for handling mice and rats by Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE).
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Guidance on best practices in confirming, archiving and maintaining strains, as well as re-establishing colonies after a pause.
Archiving can provide a back-up to production colonies, minimise genetic drift, reduce the need for tick-over colonies and preserve valuable models.
Supporting technicians in assessing the welfare impact of enrichment.
Guidance on modifying our example protocols to design your own studies.
Guidance on using motivation tests to evaluate environmental enrichment.
Guidance on using ethograms to evaluate environmental enrichment, including examples.
Guidance on using preference tests to evaluate environmental enrichment.
Guidance on how to conduct an evaluation of environmental enrichment.
Guidance, information and recommendations for those working with zebrafish.
Recommendations for reducing aggression between group-housed male mice.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory rabbit.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory cat.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory rat.
The positive impact playpens have on laboratory rat welfare, and guidance on how to set one up in your institution.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory guinea pig.
Guidance document on opportunities to reduce and refine the use of GA mice through cryopreservation and sharing.
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A webinar exploring how environmental monitoring can replace the use of sentinel animals for monitoring mouse colonies for the presence of pathogens.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory hamster.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory mouse.
Information to help refine the housing and husbandry of the laboratory dog.
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A video to be used for training and education, to improve mouse welfare within a research setting.
Information and resources on malocclusion in mice to improve welfare within a research setting.
Resources on rat tickling and how it can be used to promote positive human-animal interactions.
