Species-Specific Resources

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

Baumans V., Brain P.F., Brugere H., Clausing P., Jeneskog T. & Perretta G. (1994) Pain and distress in laboratory rodents and lagomorphs. Report of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) Working Group on Pain and Distress. Laboratory Animals 28:97-112.
Conlee K., Stephens M.L., Rowan A.N. & King L.A. (2005) Carbon dioxide for euthanasia: concerns regarding pain and distress, with special reference to mice and rats. Laboratory Animals 39:137-161.
Hem A., Smith A.J. & Solberg, P. (1998). Saphenous vein puncture for blood sampling of the mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil, guinea pig, ferret and mink. Laboratory Animals 32:364-368.

Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) (2006) Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Rodents . AWIC Resource Series No. 37.
The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) (2008) Mouse Databases.
- A list of mouse databases organized by sub-topic (e.g., transgenic and knockout), with a brief description of the information in each database.

Christensen S.D., Mikkelsen L.F., Fels J.J., Bodvarsdóttir T.B. & Hansen A.K. (2009) Quality of plasma sampled by different methods for multiple blood sampling in mice. Laboratory Animals 43:65-71.
Jennings M., Batchelor G.R., Brain P.F., Dick A., Elliott H., Francis R.J., Hubrecht R.C., Hurst J.L., Morton D.B., Peters A.G., Raymond R., Sales G.D., Sherwin C.M. & West C. (1998) Refining rodent husbandry: the mouse. Report of the Rodent Refinement Working Party. Laboratory Animals 32:233-259.
Kohn D.F., Martin T.E., Foley P.L., Morris T.H., Swindle M.M., Vogler G.A. & Wixson S.K. (2007) Guidelines for the assessment and management of pain in rodents and rabbits. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science 46:97-108.
Leach M.C., Thornton P.D. & Main D.C.J. (2008) Identification of appropriate measures for the assessment of laboratory mouse welfare. Animal Welfare 17:161-170.