The Three Rs

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-22

  Richmond, Jon ^a  

^a Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals in captivity, being dependent on man for their well being; Animals used for scientific purposes emotive and sensitive issues; High fidelity fallacy; Humane endpoints direct welfare cost minimisation of justifiable animal based research; Refinement, improving quality of life animals bred, kept for experimental purposes; Replacement strategies and systems; Scientific approach to animal welfare insights into ' what is meaningful to animals'; Scientific validation and regulatory acceptance; Three rs (3Rs) as part of mainstream science; Universities federation for animal welfare (UFAW) animals bred for experimental purposes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155195034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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