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. If you have any useful articles relating to Animal Welfare, please feel free to email them to us.
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Guidance Documents
Guide to Professional Conduct
Writing Non-Technical Summaries - a researchers guide
NACWO Guidelines
Guiding Principles for Named Persons (2023)
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
E-Learning
Procedures with Care
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)
A(SP)A 1986
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
NC3Rs
NC3Rs News Page
2016 NC3Rs/IAT Animal Technicians' Symposium
Housing & Husbandry
Playtime for Rats Workshop
Genetically Altered Mice
Grimace Scales
How to pick up a mouse
Blood Sampling
Responsibility in the use of animals in bioscience research
ARRIVE Guidelines
PREPARE Guidelines
BBC - Ethics Guide
Animal ethics
Welfare law in the UK
Experimenting on Animals
Biotechnology
Animal welfare law in the UK
Xenopus
Housing & Care of Xenopus
Good Practice Guidance on Housing & Care of Xenopus
Zebra Danio
Body condition scoring for Laboratory Zebrafish
Guidance on the Housing & Care of Zebrafish
Genetically Altered Mice
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
Green Clay Treatment for Ulcerative Dermatitis
Non-Human Primates
The welfare of non-human primates
The use of Primates in Research
Recommended Books
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
European Commission
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
RSPCA
Animals in Science
Animal Welfare Act
Genetically Alterered Animals
What is Ethical Review
Focus on Severe suffering
The R of Replacement
AALAS Learning Library
AALAS Learning Library
British Veterinary Association
Animal welfare strategy
Media Extracts
Politics.co.uk Animal Welfare
Welfare of Genetically Modified and Cloned Animals Used for Food
Royal Society - Use of Genetically Modified Animals
Farm Animals & Pets
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
Environment Enrichment
The Environmental Enrichment Committee (EEC)
Environmental enrichment of laboratory animals used in regulatory toxicology studies
Operating Procedures
SOP Formatting Daily Check Sheet
Temperature Sheet
Near Miss Register
Monthly Room Record
IVC Animals Room Check Sheet
Experimental Room Check Sheet
Animal Room Checklist
Bottle Washer Training
Light/Dark Cabinet Training
General Safety Awareness
Xenopus Tank Training
SCID Mice
Recovery Cabinet Training
Mouse Husbandry