Species-Specific Resources

This section of the Three Rs microsite contains all references from the site that provide species-specific information.

Birds

Captive

• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (2004) Housing, Husbandry, Care & Welfare of Selected Birds (Quail, Pheasant, Finches, Ostrich, Dove, Parrot & Others).AWIC Resource Series No. 26. Beltsville MD: AWIC.
• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (2007) Animal Euthanasia: Birds.

  - List of reference

• Hawkins P., Morton D.B., Cameron D., Cuthill I., Francis R., Freire R., Gosler A., Healy S., Hudson A., Inglis I., Jones A., Kirkwood J., Lawton M., Monaghan P., Sherwin C. & Townsend P. (2001) Laboratory birds: refinements in husbandry and procedures. Laboratory Animals 35:S1-163.

Wild

• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) (2008). Species-specific recommendations on: birds. Ottawa ON: CCAC.
• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) & Canadian Wildlife Service (2008) Migratory Birds in Research: Animal User Training and Companion notes.

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