Newsletter

Read our latest newsletter on the current issues in animal testing and ethics. Visit the ANZCCART news site for the most recent issue. Read More

Should research animals be named?

Scientists once shied away from naming research animals, and many of the millions of mice and rats used in U.S. research today go nameless, except for special individuals. But a look at many facilities suggests that most of the other 891,161 U.S. research animals—including nonhuman primates, dogs, pigs, rabbits, cats, and sheep—have proper names. Read More

Quality of blood samples

Quality of blood samples from the saphenous vein compared with the tail vein during multiple blood sampling of mice K E Aasland1, E Skjerve2 and A J Smith1 1 Laboratory Animal Unit; 2 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, PO Box 8146 Dep., 0033 Oslo, Norway… Read More