News on the 3Rs

Students from Karolinska Institutet Became EURL ECVAM Student Ambassadors

In 2024, the EU Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing launched a Student Ambassado...

Advice on refined methods for blood sampling

Blood sampling is one of the most common procedures performed on animals in research. To enhance ani...

Statement on furnishings and enrichment for laboratory animals

In Sweden there are two concepts used to describe modifications to the housing environment – furnish...

Non-animal methods in science

Earlier this year The Togeth3R Consortium of European 3Rs centres hosted a series of webinars on non...

Help when discussing Culture of Care at your laboratory animal facility

The Swedish 3Rs Center produced a material to use as a basis for discussion to promote the Culture o...

The 3Rs Center's annual report for 2024

The 3Rs Center has prepared a summary of its own and the National Committee's work during the past y...

New work plan adopted

The 3Rs Center's steering group, the National Committee, has now decided on the Center’s work plan f...

Support material for the acclimatisation of zebrafish prior to experiments

To achieve reliable research results, animals are commonly acclimatised after having experienced som...

Additional research funding bodies have endorsed our statement on the 3Rs

Earlier this year, the 3Rs Center finalised a statement on the 3Rs for research funding bodies. Thre...

Support material on group and single housing of rabbits

The rabbit is a naturally social species and must be kept in a group according to Swedish research a...

Guide when choosing aquarium furnishings for fishes housed in a laboratory environment

Swedish legislation requires that fish housed in a laboratory environment have an interior and a bot...

Support material for the acclimatisation of mice and rats prior to experiments

To achieve reliable research results, animals are commonly acclimatised after having experienced som...

Statement on the 3Rs for Swedish research funding bodies

The Swedish 3Rs Center has produced a statement on the 3Rs for Swedish research funding bodies.

A Swedish strategy to replace animal experimentation

The Swedish National Committee and its executive body the Swedish 3Rs Center are dedicated to work w...