Sheep Workshop Proceedings

Policy on the Care and Use of Sheep for Scientific Purposes based on Good Practice (pdf 120kb)

These principles and guidelines have been developed to assist researchers and Animal Ethics Committees (AECs) when designing and evaluating protocols using sheep as experimental subjects. They originated from a two-day workshop organised by the Animal Welfare Science Centre and Monash University. it was held at Monash University on April 20-21, 2005 and attended by delegates from all the Australian States and New Zealand. Included among attendees were research scientists, members of regulatory bodies and members of AECs.

The workshop was conducted by moderated discussion of introductory presentations given by invited speakers. The discussion was minuted and edited to develop this document, which was circulated to all attendees for commentary before publication.