Industry Resources
Corporate Membership
UQ and UQBR have a corporate membership with Understanding Animal Research Oceania.
Compliance
- Animal ethics at UQ
- Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
- Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023
- Australian Code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, 8th ed.
- Australian Code of Conduct for the Responsible Conduct of Research
- Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Laboratory Mice, Rats, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits (Agriculture Victoria)
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
- Department of Primary Industries (DPI)
- NHMRC guidelines to promote the wellbeing of animals used for scientific purposes
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR)
3Rs - Replacement of animals with other methods
Methods that replace or partially replace the use of animals must be investigated, considered and wherever applicable, implemented. Opportunities to replace the use of animals must be kept under review for the lifetime of a project.
- Johns Hopkins Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
- European Union Reference Laboratory on Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM)
- Alternative Methods to Animal Experimentation (DB-ALM)
- Biomedical Research Bibliography - Alternatives to Animal Testing (ALTBIB)
- Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
- The Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments (ZEBET)
- Humane Animal Use/Alternatives: Alternatives Database - Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA)
- The Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site (ALTWEB)
- UCDavis Centre for Animal Alternatives Information
- A Norwegian Inventory of Alternatives (NORINA) Database
3Rs - Reduction in the number of animals used
The number of animals used in a project must be the minimum necessary to achieve the proposed aim(s) and to satisfy good statistical design. However, reducing the number of animals used should not result in greater harm, including pain and distress, to the animals used.
- ANZCCART Fact Sheet: How to Reduce the Number of Animals Used in Research by Improving Experimental Design and Statistics (PDF, 116.6 KB)
- Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA)
3Rs - Refinement to minimise impact to animals
The effectiveness of strategies for supporting and safeguarding animal wellbeing is vital and must also be kept under review for the lifetime of project activities.
Industry Resources
- American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
- Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) (ARRIVE guidelines)
- Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART)
- Australian and New Zealand Laboratory Animal Association (ANZLAA)
- Institute of Animal Technology United Kingdom (IAT)
- Institute for Laboratory Animal Management (ILAM)
- Interspecies Database
- Inventory of 3Rs Knowledge Sources
- Journal of Visualized Experiments
- Lab Animal Journal
- Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange (LAWTE)
- National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3R's)
- Ratlife - The Laboratory Rat: A Natural History
- Sniffy the Virtual Rat
- Vivarium Operational Excellence Network