Publications on 3Rs

Recommendations and guidelines

We work as the executive body of the Swedish National Committee for Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes. The National Committee decides what guidelines we are to produce. The guidelines are aiming to help organisations and staff to improve their work. They are not imperative, but should be used as a support.

Group housing of male mice

The Swedish 3Rs Center has together with external experts run a project to provide recommendations to Swedish facilities when it comes to group housing for male mice to avoid aggression. The basis for the recommendations is mainly experiences of animal technicians, veterinarians and researchers at Swedish laboratory animal facilities.

• Report: Recommendations on group housing of male mice Pdf, 323.2 kB.

• Poster to print: Recommendations on group housing of male mice Pdf, 29.8 kB.
  

Marking and tagging fish

The Swedish 3Rs Center has together with external experts compiled the most common methods for marking and identifying fish. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are evaluated from an animal welfare as well as a users’ point-of-view. The guideline includes both free-living fish and fish in animal facilities.

• Guideline: Fish identification, marking and tagging methods Pdf, 695 kB.

Other publications

Template on humane endpoints for animals in research

The Swedish National Committee and its group of experts have developed an assessment template as a support for researchers, veterinarians, approved supervisors and animal caretakers. It can be used to assess animals’ health before, during and after a study to estimate if the animals’ health has deteriorated, as well as to decide if the humane endpoint has been reached.

• Template: Support for assessment of ill health in rodents Word, 282.4 kB.

Infographics

Our stakeholders have posed issues on formal validation. The issues often relate to a lack of funding but also to a lack of clear and easily accessible information about the process and the requirements. Therefore, the Swedish 3Rs Center has produced infographics to visualise and explain the process.

• Infographic: Development and evaluation of in vitro methods Pdf, 162.8 kB.

• Infographic: Validation of animal-free methods within the EU Pdf, 163.7 kB.

Publications in Swedish

Most of our publications are published only in Swedish. You find them at our Swedish website.

• Publikationer av Sveriges 3R-center (in Swedish)