Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals

Knowledge Source Identification
Knowledge source name Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals
Abbreviated name AHWLA
Owner/Developer Newcastle University
Country United Kingdom
Languages English
URL http://www.ahwla.org.uk/index.html
Contact www.ahwla.org.uk/site/contact.html
Contact email cbc.training@ncl.ac.uk
Description This website aims to provide practical guidance in recognising signs of health and good welfare and to help users of the site to become better able to identify signs of pain, distress and poor welfare in laboratory animals.
Knowledge Source Category
Category Information System
Sub categories Specialized website
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing
Dissemination channel Website, E-mail
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis) Researchers
Users access Open access
Knowledge Characterization
3Rs relevance Refinement
Purpose Animal welfare, Education and training, Documentation and information
Technology/Tools Animal testing (in vivo)