Euroguide: On the Accommodation and Care of Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes

This guide facilitates scientists to obtain the core aspects of the care of laboratory animals.

The publication is an abbreviated version of the revised Appendix A of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes (ETS 123).

The inclusion of animals which were not included in the original Convention should be a step towards recognising the responsibility for all vertebrates used for experimental purposes as indicated in Appendix A.

Table of Contents: Foreword; Preamble: How to use the Euroguide; I Introduction; II General Section: The physical facilities; The environment and its control; Education and training; Care; III Species-Specific Section: Rodents (mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs); Rabbits; Cats; Dogs; Ferrets; Non-human primates (marmosets and tamarins, squirrel monkeys, macaca and vervets, baboons); Farm animals (cattle, sheep and goats, pigs and minipigs, equines); Birds (domestic fowl, domestic turkeys, quail, ducks and geese, pigeons, zebra finches); Amphibians; Reptiles (aquatic and terrestrial); Fish; IV Annex.

73 pages. Softcover. Suitable for anyone working with laboratory animals. This guide has been produced by FELASA (Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations) in conjunction with EPAA (European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing).

Published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press (RSM). The Guide may be read online here.

ISBN: 978-1-85315-751-6

Price: Online: Free of charge