Regulations & Ethical Review

The benefit of study plans to facility management

The introduction of the study plans has been a great positive for research at KCL by ensuring compliance and helping to promote the principles of the 3Rs. They have helped prevent non-compliance and given the animal facility staff easy access...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Laniyan, F., Pearce, C., Hammonds, J. et al. 2023. The benefit of study plans to facility management. Animal Technology and Welfare 22(3), 244–245.

The role of review and regulatory approvals processes for animal research in supporting implementation of the 3Rs

The NC3Rs commissioned this work towards the end of 2021, based on a concern that advances in the 3Rs often take a long time to come into routine use. Most research in the academic sector using animals is reviewed three...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Rawle, F. 2023. The role of review and regulatory approvals processes for animal research in supporting implementation of the 3Rs. Animal Technology and Welfare 22(3), 175–188.

Why all healthy laboratory animals should be rehomed, no matter how small

This paper explores the ethical imperative of rehoming all healthy animals of sentient species after experiments have finished or when they have become otherwise redundant. We take into account disparate perspectives in animal ethics and see how they point in...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General, Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Van Loo, P. L. P., Janssens, M. R. E. 2023. Why all healthy laboratory animals should be rehomed, no matter how small. Animals 13(17), 2727.

As the world turns: Identifying and documenting continuing education for IACUC committee members and staff

In this column, we will describe how the IACUC Office at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) identifies and documents the participation of IACUC members and staff in continuing education opportunities. The prioritization of continuing education (CE) in...

Year Published: 2022Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Wilkerson, J., Cavanaugh, K. 2022. As the world turns: Identifying and documenting continuing education for IACUC committee members and staff. Laboratory Animal Science Professional 10(6) (November/December), 36-38.

The legislative, ethical, and conceptual importance of replicability in farm animal welfare science

In this commentary, we discuss three replicability issues that are specifically relevant to research regarding farm animal welfare: (1) Legislative action, and its potential economic consequences, should derive from robust and replicable research to benefit animals kept in an industrial...

Year Published: 2020Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Cattle, Chicken, Equine, Fowl, Goat, Pig, Sheep

Citation: Nawroth, C., Gygax, L. 2020. The legislative, ethical, and conceptual importance of replicability in farm animal welfare science. agriRxiv 2020, 20203211980.

Unmasking the adverse impacts of sex bias on science and research animal welfare

Sex bias in biomedical and natural science research has been prevalent for decades. In many cases, the female estrous cycle was thought to be too complex an issue to model for, and it was thought to be simpler to only...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Nunamaker, E. A., Turner, P. V. 2023. Unmasking the adverse impacts of sex bias on science and research animal welfare. Animals 13(17), 2792.

Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate welfare

Invertebrates are a diverse group of animals that make up the majority of the animal kingdom and encompass a wide array of species with varying adaptations and characteristics. Invertebrates are found in nearly all of the world's habitats, including aquatic,...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Cephalopod, Insect & Spider, Invertebrate, Other Invertebrate

Citation: Lewbart, G. A., Zachariah, T. T. 2023. Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate welfare. Animals 13(21), 3375.

European Union legislation for the welfare of animals used for scientific purposes: Areas identified for further discussion

The Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council has been in force for more than a decade and has brought about significant improvements and novel requirements for the welfare of animals used for scientific purposes, while safeguarding...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Marinou, K. A., Dontas, I. A. 2023. European Union legislation for the welfare of animals used for scientific purposes: Areas identified for further discussion. Animals 13(14), 2367.

CIRS-LAS – a novel approach to increase transparency in laboratory animal science for improving animal welfare by reducing laboratory animal distress

The 3Rs principle is highly topical in animal-based research. These include, above all, new scientific methods for conducting experiments without an animal model, by using non-animal models (Replace), reducing the number of laboratory animals (Reduction) or taking measures to keep...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Enkelmann, A., Bischoff, S. J. 2023. CIRS-LAS – a novel approach to increase transparency in laboratory animal science for improving animal welfare by reducing laboratory animal distress. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10.

Fostering animal welfare and advancing 3Rs principles through the establishment of a 3Rsadvisory group

Based on the current state of science, the use of animals remains essential in bringing safe and effective medicines to patients. Respect for laboratory animal welfare and the application of 3Rs principles (the replacement, reduction, and refinement of animal use...

Year Published: 2023Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Graham, J. C., Wong, L., Adedeji, A. O. et al. 2023. Fostering animal welfare and advancing 3Rs principles through the establishment of a 3Rsadvisory group. Animals 13(24), 3863.