Animal Care and Ethics Committee
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Act
See ANZCCART Information Package, XYZ.
Alternatives to use of animals in experiments:
- excerpt from New Scientist, October 1997.
- Animals and Alternatives in Education Workshops - How People Learn, September
1996.
- Alternatives to Animal Testing - see RSCPA folder “All Creatures Great and Small”.
- Animals and Alternatives in Education - Animal Research Review Panel, NSW
Agriculture in conjunction with UNE, September 1996.
- Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Undergraduate Teaching in Australia and New
Zealand, ANZCCART, 1993.
Anaesthesia
- Training course in laboratory animal care. Module 3: Anaesthesia/Surgery, Monash
University Welfare Committee. (Video accompanies).
Animal Experimentation: A student Guide to Balancing the Issues, by Vaughan
Monamy, ANZCCART, 1996.
Animals in Education: Value, Responsibilities and Questions: Proceedings of
ANZCCART conference, Canberra, September 1996.
ANZCCART - Information package for Ethics Committees - See “XYZ”
- Newsletters. See Newsletters.
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Bat Lyssavirus - Guidelines for staff and students exposed to bats.
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Code
Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, 6th
edition, 1997 - see ANZCCART Information folder, XYZ.
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Euthanasia:
- Euthanasia of Animals used for Scientific Purposes, as prepared for ANZCCART by
members of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Society for Laboratory Animal
Science.
- Protocol for the Euthanasia of Mice using Carbon Dioxide Asphyxiation - School of
Biomedical Sciences Animal House, July 1997.
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Farm Animals:
- Farm Animals in Biomedical and Agricultural Research, Proceedings of the
Conference held in Wellington, New Zealand, 18-19 August 1995.
- Animal Care: NSW Agriculture approved procedures for the use of animals in
teaching, research and extension, NSW Agriculture, 1997.
- Welfare Guidelines for Teaching Artificial Insemination and Pregnancy Testing in
Cattle, NSW Agriculture Animal Research Review Panel, Dec 1996.
Feral Animals:
- Guidelines for the Use of Feral Animals in Research, NSW Agriculture Animal Welfare
Unit, May 1996.
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Laboratory Animal Care:
- training course in: Module 3: Anaesthesia/Surgery, Monash University Welfare
Committee. (Video accompanies) - see Anaesthesia.
Livestock - see Farm Animals.
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Mammals:
- A guide to the use of Australian Native Mammals in Biomedical Research, National
Health and Medical Research Council, 1990.
- A guide to the use of Australian Native Mammals in Biomedical Research Section 4:
Care of Individual Species, National Health and Medical Research Council, 1995.
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Newsletters:
- Animal Ethics Update - NSW Agriculture.
- ANZCCART.
- RSCPA National News.
NSW Agriculture Animal Welfare Unit - Fact Sheets:
1. Legislation - The Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes;
2. Applying for Accreditation as a Research Establishment;
3. Animal Care and Ethics Committees;
4,5 and 6: Application forms D, G and J;
8. The Code of Practice for the Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes;
9. Inspections under the Animal Research Act 1985;
10. Draize tests, LD50 and other acute toxicity tests requiring death as an endpoint;
11. Independent and Welfare Members of ACEC’s frequently asked Questions;
12. Who are the Animal Welfare Unit?
13. Publications Available from the Animal Welfare Unit;
14. Animal Research Review Panel Policy Statements and Guidelines;
15. Examples of Emergency Procedures for Wildlife Researchers; and
16. Guidelines for Minimum Standards for Keeping Horses in Urban Areas.
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Non-Human Primates
See Policy - Policy on the Use of Non-Human Primates in Medical Research.
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Pain:
- How do we really recognise and monitor pain in animals? What does the presence of
pain do to our research results? Seminar, Monash University February 1998. (Video
accompanies)
Pitfall Traps:
- Guidelines for the Use of Pitfall Traps, NSW Agriculture Animal Welfare Unit, 1997.
Policy
- Policy on the Use of Non-Human Primates in Medical Research - second consultation
draft, March 1996, National Health and Medical Research Council Animal Welfare
Committee.
- Policy and Position on Animal Experimentation and Research - RSCPA.
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3 R’s:
See also ANZCCART Newsletters and Information Package.
- Application of the 3R’s in Australia - RSCPA folder.
Reduction:
- Minimising the numbers of Animals used in Research Projects - Background Paper
and introductory guide to strategies for minimising use of animals, National Health
and Medical Research Council, 1990.
Replacement:
- see Alternatives to use of Animals in Experiments.
Regulations
See ANZCCART Information Package, XYZ.
RSCPA
See RSCPA folder All Creatures Great and Small, and Policy - Policy and Position on
Animal Experimentation and Research.
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Student Guide: see Animal Experimentation: a Student Guide to Balancing the Issues.
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Wildlife:
- Animal Welfare Unit Information package for wildlife surveyors, NSW Agriculture,
1997.
- Guidelines for Opportunistic Research on Free Living Wildlife, NSW Agriculture
Animal Welfare Unit, 1997.
- Fauna Survey Protocols - Ethical use of Survey Methods, State Forests Research
Division, as at February 1998.
- Guidelines for ACECs supervising Research on Captive Wildlife, NSW Agriculture
Animal Welfare Unit, 1997.
- Animal Care Guidelines for Wildlife Surveys, NSW Agriculture Animal Research
Review panel, August 1997.
ANZCCART - Information package, including copy of Act, Regulations, Code,
Information Package for ACEC’s and sundry ANZCCART publications.
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