Useful Links: Animal Ethics

Monash University Sites

• Monash Animal Research Platform
• Biostatistical Consulting Service - Monash Department Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
• The Animal Welfare Science Centre - Monash and Melbourne University and Department of Primary Industries

Australian Sites

• Australian Animal Welfare Strategy
• ANZCCART (Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching) 
  ANZCCART is an independent body whose role is to encourage the ethical and humane use of animals in research and teaching. Contains information on newsletters, publications, conferences.
• ANZLAA (Australian and New Zealand Laboratory Animal Association)
• Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service
• Department of Primary Industries - Bureau of Animal Welfare - Animals in Research and Teaching
• Gene Technology Regulator (Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government)
• National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Animal Welfare Committee
  Contains NHMRC's animal welfare policies, AWC newsletters, and the Australian Code of Practice.
• Statistical Society of Australia
• Using Animals in Science Online
  Topics covered include: Why study animals?, Minimising the harm done to animals used in science, Benefits of animal-based science, Balancing harm and benefit, The three dimensions of science, Ethics and animal use in science, Control of animal use in science.

International Sites

• AALAS - American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
  Information resources for AECs / scientists and animal carers. Includes web-delivered seminars.
• AWIC - Animal Welfare Information Centre
  US Department of Agriculture - Contains bibliographies on animal care and use including alternatives, environmental enrichment, euthanasia, anaesthesia, analgesia.
• CCAC - Canadian Council on Animal Care
  Guidelines and policy statements.
• FELASA - Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Association
• ILAR - Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, USA, National Academy of Science
  Guidelines on the scientific, technological, and ethical use of animals and related biological resources in research, testing, and education.
• "Laboratory Animals" Working Party Reports
  Reports available from the "Laboratory Animals" Journal include "Euthanasia Working Party Report", "Refinement of mouse husbandry", "Removal of blood from laboratory mammals and birds".

• Mouse Genome Informatics- The Jackson Laboratory
  Access to data on the genetics, genomics, and biology of the laboratory mouse.
• NETVET - The Electronic Zoo - Rodents
  Links and information on rats, mice, guinea pigs and other laboratory species.
• NETVET Veterinary Resources
  Links and information pertaining to the care and use of research animals.
• The Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives
  Demonstrates various techniques in mouse, rat, rabbit including Saphenous Vein Blood Collection Method, injections, gavage.
• Blood Sampling site - National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
  Information on blood sampling from many laboratory animal species.
• The Anatomy of the Mouse - Margaret J Cook
  This is an on-line book adapted for the web by Mouse Genome Informatics.