Supporting technicians in assessing the welfare impact of enrichment.
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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.
Webinar showcasing ongoing and novel initiatives that replace, reduce and/or refine fish acute toxicity studies.
Posters and other resources on the use of grimace scales to assess pain in laboratory animals.
Details of the Rabbit Grimace Scale, including a poster for display in laboratory rooms and corridors.
Techniques for blood sampling in laboratory animal species to ensure the most appropriate technique is chosen.
Information on techniques for sampling blood in the rat, covering non-surgical, surgical and terminal techniques.
Guidance on catherisation for blood sampling in laboratory animals.
Guidance on non-aversive methods for handling mice. Includes tutorials, FAQs and tips for implementation.
Learn more about skin swabbing as a welfare refinement, and how to establish a protocol for skin swabbing in your laboratory.
Approaches for sampling blood in the ferret, covering surgical and terminal techniques.
Survey of the approaches used for training monkeys for chair restraint.
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.
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.