Code of practice for the housing and care of animals bred, supplied or used for scientific purposes
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Produced by the Home Office, UK, published 17 December 2014.
The Code is in 3 sections covering both general and species-specific indications:
- section 1 describes the legal minimum standards applicable until 31 December 2016
- section 2 describes the legal minimum standards applicable from 1 January 2017
- section 3 provides non-mandatory advice to assist licensees to comply with the standards and covers a broader range of subjects than sections 1 and 2 alone
Extracts of the code are available, broken down into 4 groups of species:
- rodents and rabbits
- dogs, cats and ferrets
- fish, amphibians, reptiles and cephalopods
- non-human primates, farm animals and birds
Can be downloaded from the Home Office website.
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