
ANZCCART Conference 2008
Blue Sky to deep water: the reality and the promise
Proceedings of the 2008 ANZCCART Conference Auckland, New Zealand
Introduction
Mark Fisher
Welcome
John Martin
SESSION 1: Sharing experiences (dilemmas and compliance)
- Doing animal experimentation in a national organisation with regional responsibilities under state legislation Dr Chris Prideaux ( See PowerPoint presentation – PDF, 629 kb, 18 pages) 
- Meeting animal welfare needs in a biotherapies environment- challenges for the CSL/Pfizer Animal Ethics Committee Dr John Phelps 
- Assessing a research project with reference to the big picture Grant Shackell 
- International benchmarking: AAALAC International Accreditation Dr Kathryn Bayne 
SESSION 2: Transgenics and modelling
- Modelling human muscle activity Professor Andrew Pullan 
- Using zebrafish in human disease research: some advantages, disadvantages and ethical considerations Dr Michael Lardelli (See PowerPoint presentation – PDF, 5.6 MB, 26 pages) 
- The benefits of using sheep to model human brain disease Jessie Jacobsen et al. 
SESSION 3: Great idea but not necessarily what I expected
- Great idea but not necessarily what I expected (Sometimes the techniques worked; sometimes they didn’t) Dr Allan Goldenthal, Dr Glen Harrison (See Powerpoint presentation – PDF, 1MB, 10 pages) 
- Julie Hitchens (PowerPoint presentation) 
- Dr Jacqueline Keenan (PowerPoint presentation) 
- Associate Professor Donald Love 
SESSION 4: Challenging ethics
- A brief but practical summary of ethics James Battye 
- The Cam Reid Oration: Should we be giving attention to justifying animals in science? Dr Mark Fisher 
- Infrared thermography and heart rate variability for non-invasive assessment of animal welfare Dr Mairi Stewart et al. (ANZCCART Student Award winner) (PowerPoint presentation) 
SESSION 5: Death as an event, death as a challenge
- Euthanasing animals-the human experience Dr Erich von Dietz (PowerPoint presentation) 
- Managing grief associated with euthanasia Dr Dianne Gardner (PowerPoint presentation) 
- Recruiting Rats to the Research Resort: the importance of well trained resort personnel Dr John Schofield 
SESSION 6: Wildlife and conservation
- The artificial incubation of kiwi eggs: a conservation tool Suzanne Bassett and Claire Travers (PowerPoint presentation) 
- Researching wildlife in New Zealand: conservation opportunities are both constraints and opportunities Dr Mark Hauber 
- Animal welfare issues in vertebrate pest management and research in New Zealand Dr Penny Fisher et al. 
SESSION 7: Fish welfare
- Working towards the development of best practices in fish and fisheries research or The troubles with fish and fish biologists! Howard Gill, Carolyn Ashton and Andrew Rowland 
- The fish: What potential for awareness? Dr Colin Johnston (PowerPoint presentation) 
- “Pain” and analgesia in fish: What we know, what we don’t know, and what we need to know before using analgesics in fish Dr Don Stevens 
