EUROPE: New legislation limits animal testingEmma Jackson
Good news:The UK’s Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill passed, making Britain the first European country to end the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening. In Australia, legislation has been introduced to ban the live export of sheep on ships to the Middle East. Good news:W...
said Judy MacArthur Clark, a leader of the UK government’s International 3Rs Programme. She discussed key components of legislation and alternative approaches. The purpose of legislation is to help safeguard animal welfare, sustain public confidence and enable quality science. “Ultimately...
Today marks 33 years sinceBSL (breed specific legislation) was enacted in the UK resulting in the banning of “pit bulls” and other breeds. That quickly led toBSL in Irelandand following this pattern, after the UK government, against expert advice, expanded DDA last year,Minister Humphreys, ...
methods. Where no alternative method is recognised by the legislation of the Union, the numbers of animals used may be reduced by resorting to other methods and by implementing testing strategies, such as the use of in vitro and other methods that would reduce and refine the use of animals....
The choice of breeds for such a purpose was determined by the legislation of the Czech Republic. The Hunting Act distinguishes and defines four types of work performance. Dachshunds and terriers are the only groups of hunting dogs that can pass all four tests and be used for all types of ...
Different systems for group housing during the mating and gestation period have been developed since Sweden adopted the animal welfare legislation prohibiting fixation of sows. A common practice for the period after weaning until insemination and/or until pregnancy testing is to keep the sows grouped ...
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Garriguet of Health Canada for providing guidance with the NCI method, I. Michaud of Statistics Canada for guidance with multiple comparison testing procedures and D. Forest of Statistics Canada for vetting the data. O.A. is supported by a doctoral scholarship from the Social Sciences and ...
This study was carried out in accordance with UK legislation and approved by Pfizer's internal ethical review process. Study Design and Dosing Prior to commencing the study, all mice (40 mdr1a−/− and 6 mdr1a+/+) acclimatised for 14 days. From a pilot study (Banner, K. H. ...