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Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals
Animal Welfare Institute.
This book, last updated in 2002, provides a collection of essays on husbandry practices that contribute to the well-being of all species of laboratory animals.

Laboratory Animal Techniques: Films and Slideshows
Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science & Alternatives.
These products illustrate basic techniques on the common laboratory animal species.

Diseases of Research Animals: Information and Slides
University of Missouri. College of Veterinary Medicine.
Contains a description and slides of various disease states in common laboratory animals species including ferrets, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rabbits, and rats.

Removal of Blood from Laboratory Mammals and Birds (PDF|131.4 KB)
Laboratory Animals.
This is the first report of the BVA/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement and aims to provide guidance for those removing blood from animals to do so in the most humane and efficient way.

New Housing Conditions: Improving the Welfare of Experimental Animals (PDF|408 KB)
Alternatives to Laboratory Animals.
A review of the housing conditions of rabbits and other research animals with focus on the basic needs of the animals.

Regulatory Issues Surrounding the Use of Companion Animals in Clinical Investigations, Trials, and Studies
ILAR Journal.
Discusses the regulations on the use of dogs, cats, and other companion animals in research. The complexities of clinical research with companion animals outside standard biomedical research facilities are discussed.

Comparative Placentation
University of California-San Diego.
Comprehensive website on mammal placentas to assist with the examination and evaluation of mammalian placentas. Primarily directed to veterinary pathologists and zoo veterinarians. Regularly updated.

Farm Animals in Biomedical Research - Part One
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research.
These journal articles cover topics on management of swine used in biomedical research.

Farm Animals in Biomedical Research - Part Two
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research.
These journal articles cover policies and guidelines on using farm animals in biomedical research.

Applied Ethology
University of Saskatchewan. Western College of Veterinary Medicine.
Information about behavior of domestic animals and animals kept in captivity. Contains conference abstracts, information sheets on behavioral problems, information about the International Society for Applied Ethology, discussion list, and videos of ethology projects.

Last Modified: Sep 3, 2009

Laboratory Animal Species

			Rodents
			Rabbits
			Cats
			Dogs
			Nonhuman Primates
			Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians
			Swine
			Sheep and Goats
			Cattle
			Horses
			Birds
			Ferrets
			Other Nontraditional Species

Wildlife in Field Studies

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees

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