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• Resources relating to Animal Care and Housing

• Resources for Australian Animal Ethics Committee Members

• Resources for Researchers and University Students

• Resources for School Children

• Resources for School Teachers

Resources relating to Animal Care and Housing

• Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals, (Robert J Young) 2003, ISBN 0 632 06407 2.UFAW/Blackwell Publishing.
  
  
• Housing for laboratory rats, mice, guinea pigs and rabbits (A. Hargreaves) 2000. ISBN 0 958621 3 5. ANZCCART Australia.
  
  
• Physiology and Behaviour of Animal Suffering, (Neville G Gregory) 1994 ISBN 0 632 06468 4. UFAW/Blackwell Publishing
  
  
• Policy on the Care and Use of Sheep for Scientific Purposes based on Good Practice

Resources for Australian Animal Ethics Committee Members

• Information package for Australian Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) members (pdf 194kB)

• UFAW/BVA Ethics Committee Symposium 2006 - Quality of Life: The Heart of the Matter

• Policy on the Care and Use of Sheep for Scientific Purposes based on Good Practice
  

Resources for Researchers and University Students

• Useful Information about Experimental Design
  The aim of this web site is to help you to reduce the numbers of animals used in research by better choice of animals and better experimental design.

• Animal Experimentation: A Student Guide to Balancing the Issues (V Monamy) 1996. ISBN 0 9586821 0 0. ANZCCART Australia

  
  

• Careful How You Hold Me CD-ROM - The University of Melbourne

  A multi media program for investigators, honours and postgraduate students, animal technicians and others new to the field of laboratory animal science and animal welfare - a resource for collective use or self paced learning. Look under Animal Science in the Catalogue.
  

• 7th edition of the Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (pdf 472kB)

  Following extensive public consultation and review by a national working party made up of industry, government and animal welfare representatives, in 2004 the NHMRC has released the 7th edition of the Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (The Code). Click here (pdf 472kB) to download a pdf of the new edition of the Code.A hardcopy may be purchased from National Mail and Marketing on 1800 020 103.
  

• Euthanasia of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes (ed. J Reilly) 2nd edition (2001). ISBN 0 9586821 4 3. ANZCCART Australia.
  

  
  

• ‘From Guinea Pig to Computer Mouse: Alternative Methods for a Humane Education’ (2nd ed.) InterNICHE book . The groundbreaking publication is now available for free download as a pdf document. First published in 2003, with minor updates made in February 2006, the 520-page book provides full details of over 500 alternatives, including description, specification and source. It also offers background information on the diversity of alternative tools and approaches, a review of published studies that assess alternatives through learning performance, and an exploration of curricular design. Seven case studies written by university heads of department who have fully replaced harmful animal use describe the experience of developing and implementing best practice teaching methods. The book also provides links to over 600 further resources.
  

• New Zealand Code of Practice for the Use of Veterinary and Human Medicines in Research, Testing and Teaching Organizations
   (pdf 151kB)The Royal Society has sponsored this Code to ensure it is written on behalf of the research community in New Zealand. Click here (pdf 151kB) to download a copy of the NZ code.
  

• Ethical guidelines for Australian students using animals or animal tissues for educational purposes, for use by universities and other research organizations (pdf 64kB)
  Using animals or their tissues in laboratory classes is a privilege which brings with it responsibilities that go well beyond the need to avoid cruelty to the animals. This pamphlet gives some advice to help students and teachers meet these responsibilities and to help them gain maximum benefit from using animals in laboratory classes.
  

• New Zealand Ethical guidelines for students in laboratory classes involving the use of animals or animal tissues. Using animals or their tissues in laboratory classes is a privilege which brings with it responsibilities that go well beyond the need to avoid cruelty to the animals. This pamphlet gives some advice to help students and teachers meet these responsibilities and to help them gain maximum benefit from using animals in laboratory classes. Available from ANZCCART NZ.
  

Resources for School Children

• Animals, scientists and you. An information resource for primary school students. There is also a teachers' book and a video (10 min). The video is designed to be used with the book as an introduction to individual chapters or to the complete course. It can also be used separately as an interdisciplinary visual aid on the topic of animals. Available from the Baker Medical Research Institute, PO Box 348, Prahan, Vic 3181, Australia.
  
  
• Ethical guidelines for Australian school students using animals or animals for educational purposes (pdf 63kB)
  Using animals or their tissues in laboratory classes is a privilege which brings with it responsibilities that go well beyond the need to avoid cruelty to the animals. This pamphlet gives some advice to help students and teachers meet these responsibilities and to help them gain maximum benefit from using animals in laboratory classes.

• Investigating vertebrates, an animal study for 7^th Form biology. Available from P. Davie, IVABS, Massey University, PO Box 11-222, Palmerston North.

• FRAME resources: Issues–animal experiments; Animal experimentation–what are laboratory animals used for?; and Alternatives to animal testing. Excellent resource material for senior secondary students. The aims of the series are to inform young people about issues of concern and to develop skills of analysis and investigation, debate, and communication. A range of informed opinion is presented to enable pupils to form their own judgments. Published by FRAME (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments), Russell and Birch House, 96-98 North Sherwood St, Nottingham NG1 4EE, United Kingdom.

• Using Animals in Science. An information resource for children, teachers, tertiary students & parents, prepared jointly by ANZCCART NZ and Massey University in New Zealand.

Resources for School Teachers

• Animals and society – how simple are the issues? Beta pamphlet. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. Available for the Royal Society of New Zealand, PO Box 598, Wellington.

• Animals, scientists and you. An information resource for primary school students. There is also a teachers' book and a video (10 min). The video is designed to be used with the book as an introduction to individual chapters or to the complete course. It can also be used separately as an interdisciplinary visual aid on the topic of animals. Available from the Baker Medical Research Institute, PO Box 348, Prahan, Vic 3181, Australia.
  
  
• The alternatives to dissection resource kit. A practical aid for secondary school teachers. Published by SAFE (Save animals form exploitation). Available from SAFE Resource and Information Centre, 133 Worcester St, Christchurch. Email: safe@chch.planet.co.nz
  
  
• Ethical guidelines for Australian school students using animals or animals for educational purposes (pdf 63kB).
  Using animals or their tissues in laboratory classes is a privilege which brings with it responsibilities that go well beyond the need to avoid cruelty to the animals. This pamphlet gives some advice to help students and teachers meet these responsibilities and to help them gain maximum benefit from using animals in laboratory classes.

• The facts. A series of pamphlets about the use of animals in research. Suitable for intermediate and secondary students. Further information from Animals in Medicines Research Information Centre (AMRIC), 12 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom.
  
  
• NAWAC Codes of recommendations and minimum standards. Resource for teachers. The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) to the Minister of Agriculture has now produced 20 codes outlining the minimum standards which are currently acceptable to the informed New Zealand public and make recommendations to ensure good animal welfare. These codes are available from Animal Welfare and Environment Section, MAF Biosecurity Authority, PO Box 2526, Wellington.