Animal Welfare Resources
Animal Welfare is one of the IAT's primary roles and concerns. The library of literature below is intended as a useful resource for IAT Members. If you have any useful articles relating to Animal Welfare, please feel free to email them to us.
Click on a topic area below for links to related documents and webpages.
Guide to Professional Conduct
Writing Non-Technical Summaries - a researchers guide
Guiding Principles for NTCO, NIO and HOLC (2016)
Animal Research & Human Medicine
A Tool for Efficient Breeding of GA Animals
Guiding principles on good practice for AWERBs
The ethics of research involving animals
Avoiding Mortality Report
Recognition & Prevention of Pain, Suffering & Distress in Laboratory Animals (EU Module 5)
Euthanasia in Laboratory Animals (EU Module 6)
Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia for Minor Procedures (EU Module 20)
Guide to Professional Conduct
Guidance on the operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
Working with animals taken from the wild
Re-homing and setting free of animals
Use, Keeping Alive and Re-use
Advisory notes on recording and reporting the actual severity of regulated procedures
Advice on Severity classification of genetically altered animals
2016 NC3Rs/IAT Animal Technicians' Symposium
Playtime for Rats Workshop
Responsibility in the use of animals in bioscience research
Animal welfare law in the UK
Housing & Care of Xenopus
Good Practice Guidance on Housing & Care of Xenopus
Body condition scoring for Laboratory Zebrafish
Guidance on the Housing & Care of Zebrafis
Husbandry & Breeding of GA Rodents
The use of Cryopreservation to aid colony management
Assessing welfare and severity of GA mice under Directive 2010/63/EU
Efficient Breeding of Genetically Altered Animals
GA Passports: The key to consistent animal care
The welfare of non-human primates
The use of Primates in Research
Introduction to Laboratory Animal Science & Technology. Stephen W. Barnett
Manual of Animal Technology. Stephen W. Barnett
The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals, 8th Edition.
Management and Welfare of Farm Animals: The UFAW Farm Handbook. Editor: John Webster
Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia 4th Edition. Paul Flecknell
The Welfare of Animals Used in Research: Practice and Ethics. Robert C. Hubrecht
Laboratory Animal Law: Legal Control of the Use of Animals in Research, 2nd Edition. Kevin Dolan
Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare. Sarah Wolfensohn, Paul Honess
Management of Animal Care and Use Programs in Research, Education, and Testing
Welfare, Invasives and Health Issues related to Exotic Animals and Plants
Animals used for scientific purposes: EU activities to advance alternatives
Caring for Animals aiming for better science: Directive 2010/63/EU
Genetically Alterered Animals
Focus on Severe suffering
British Veterinary Association
Politics.co.uk Animal Welfare
Welfare of Genetically Modified and Cloned Animals Used for Food
Royal Society - Use of Genetically Modified Animals
Gov.uk Farm Animal Welfare
Gov.uk Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC)
Gov.uk Farm fires: Protecting farm animal welfare
Compassion in World Farming
Gov.uk Animal welfare legislation: protecting pets
DEFRA Science & Research Projects: Animal Welfare
Scottish Government: Animal Welfare
European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 98/58/EC: concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes
The Environmental Enrichment Committee (EEC)
Environmental enrichment of laboratory animals used in regulatory toxicology studies
