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Refining procedures

General

  • Using animals in research? It's time to refine! (2017)
     
  • Refining procedures for the administration of substances (2001)
     
  • Removal of blood from laboratory mammals and birds (1993)


Biotelemetry

  • Refinements in telemetry procedures (2003, with BVAAWF/FRAME/UFAW)


Vaccine studies

  • Three Rs approaches in the production and quality control of fish vaccines (2011, not open access)
     
  • Application of the 3Rs to challenge assays used in vaccine testing (2010, with BVAAWF/FRAME/UFAW)
     
  • Advancing animal welfare and the 3Rs in the batch testing of veterinary vaccines (2008)
     
  • Batch safety testing of veterinary vaccines - potential welfare implication of injection volumes (2008)


Humane killing

  • A Good Death? Report of the second Newcastle meeting on laboratory animal euthanasia (2016, meeting funded by the NC3Rs)
     
  • Newcastle consensus meeting on carbon dioxide euthanasia of laboratory animals (2006, meeting funded by Laboratory Animals Limited, NC3Rs, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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