Animal welfare & alternatives

The secret lives of mice: using the public to research mouse behaviour

T'is the season to be ... a zombie deer?

COVID-19: From your toilet to the sea, will your waste kill seals and whales?

Why are scientists tickling rats?

FBI: the bureau for fish welfare

Beyond blue blood: the horseshoe crab debate

A new smartphone device to detect horse respiratory diseases

Do we need to test all new drugs in two species?

Can your cat catch coronavirus?

Why vaccinate your pets?

Just like children, dogs and cats need vaccinations against dangerous viral and bacterial diseases. Vaccination remains the single most effective method for protecting against infectious disease in healthy animals. Without proper vaccination, your pet is left unprotected.

Advances in 3R’s

It is hard to do justice to six hours of presentations in a few hundred words so this is a subjective choice from a recent interesting and intense day of reporting on advances in the 3R’s at Oxford University.

Human diseases are threatening chimpanzees

A human common cold can be lethal to a chimp

Beagle Freedom Project $250k prize

The right prescription for all the wrong reasons

Animal welfare at Oxford University

Oxford University held a 3Rs Research day to share examples of work involving animals and focused on examples of refinement, reduction and replacement of animals in research.