Below you will find links to relevant websites.
Organisations that have contributed to the content of this website
- The 3R Centre Utrecht
- The Netherlands Association for laboratory Animal Science “Nederlandse Vereniging voor Proefdierkunde” (NVP). This association is currently incorporated into the Dutch Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences (DALAS)
- 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 endpointsHumane endpoint The moment in the experiment at which pain and/or distress experienced by the investigational animal is ended or alleviated by either killing the animal humanely or by discontinuing the procedure.
- 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)
- EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM)
- Eurogroup for Animal Welfare
- European consensus-platform for alternatives (ecopa)
- The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)
Others
- Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA)
- Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
- National Institute 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)
- Norecopa
- NORINA (A Norwegian Inventory of Alternatives)
- 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
- The 3Rs Collaborative
