Links

Below you will find links to relevant websites. 

Organisations that have contributed to the content of this website

• The 3Rs- Centre Utrecht Life Sciences
• The Netherlands Association for laboratory Animal Science "Nederlandse Vereniging voor Proefdierkunde" (NVP)
• The Netherlands organisation for health research and development (ZonMw)
• Laboratory Animals Ltd. (LAL)
• French Association for Laboratory Animal Science "Association Francaise des Sciences et Techniques de l'Animal de Laboratoire (AFSTAL)"

Information about humane endpoints

• Altweb
• ILAR Journal V41(2) 2000
• ICLAS, Harmonization of Animal Care and Use Guidance
• LAL, Conference proceedings on humane endpoints 

Legal organisations and regulatory bodies

• European Union (EU): Animals used in scientific procedures
• Council of Europe (CoE): European Convention for the protection of Vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
• Eurogroup for Animal Welfare
• European consensus-platform for alternatives (ecopa)
• The European Parnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)

Others

• Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA)
• Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
• National Institue of Health (NIH)
• International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS)
• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC)
• National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
• NORINA (A Norwegian Inventory of Audiovisuals)
• Ratlife.org (an interesting website on rat behavior)
• National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Methods (NICEATM)
• Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)
• Interspecies Database, Reducing the use of laboratory animals in research