Further resources

Research Animal Resources is a comprehensive resource providing guidance on the breeding, care and use of research animals.

Research Animal Resources is a comprehensive resource providing guidance on the breeding, care and use of research animals.

Guidance on justification of animal usage for MRC funding provides guidance for applicants seeking funding from the United Kingdom Medical Research Council on the details required in the justification of animal use section of their application including why they need to use animals, the reason for the choice of species, sample size, the proposed statistical analysis and measures to reduce bias.

Guidance for the Description of Animal Research in Scientific Publications provides guidance for the effective reporting of animal research in published articles.

Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines provide guidance on good practice in the reporting of animal experiments in scientific publications. It includes a 20-point checklist of the essential information that should be incorporated.

The AltTox Resource Centre provides links to external, predominantly toxicology-focused, databases including on alternatives, scientific and technical literature, grants, chemical toxicity, genome and other biomedical topics, simulations and software, pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics and policy.

AAALAC's Reference Resources provides links to all guidelines, codes of practice and similar resources produced by Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.