10-Experimental animals

There are three broad areas which need to be considered when planning animal studies:

The suitability of the species or strain as a model of the target organism.
Characterisation of the animals.
The ethical issues surrounding their use (discussed under topic 3)

10b

Avoid generation of surplus animals.

General principles

For fish researchers

Steps should be taken to avoid surplus animals, such as those in breeding programmes which prove to be too old, those which respond poorly to treatment (for example by showing a weak immune response) or which are otherwise unsuitable for re-use, re-homing or release.

Resources

Reducing surplus experimental animal generation - a report from GV-SOLAS (2022)
Breeding and colony management - Frequently Asked Questions (NC3Rs webpage)
aRukon - a cloud-based global system for sharing animal tissue
UK Government advice on non-human primates used for scientific purposes
The European Mutant Mouse Archive (EMMA) from INFRAFRONTIER
Does your disaster mitigation strategy include rederivation? (paper from Envigo)

This page was updated on 21 March 2024

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