Fourth World Congress -Preface    [ PDF ]

Fourth World Congress - Contents    [ PDF ]

Jan L. Ottesen, Anett Weber, Hanne Gürtler and Lars Friis Mikkelsen
New Housing Conditions: Improving the Welfare of Experimental Animals  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Kenneth J. Shapiro
Animal Model Research: The Apples and Oranges Quandary  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Shiranee Pereira, Prema Veeraraghavan, Sonya Ghosh and Maneka Gandhi
Animal Experimentation and Ethics in India: The CPCSEA Makes a Difference  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Neil Wells and Judith Nicholson
Five Plus Three: Legislating for the Five Freedoms and the Three Rs — Animal Welfare Act 1999 (New Zealand)  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Martin L. Stephens and Kathleen M. Conlee
The HSUS’s Pain and Distress Initiative: Overview and Update  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Roman Kolar
Ethical Evaluation of Research Proposals by Ethics Panels Advising the European Commission  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Luis Ulpiano Pérez, Gisela Antonia Murillo, José Ramón Pascual and Enieyis Tur
Achievements in Raising Awareness on the Use of Alternative Methods in Latin America and the Caribbean  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Larry Carbone, Vera Baumans and David B. Morton
Report of the Workshop on Euthanasia Guidelines and Practices  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Barry Phillips, David Smith, Robert Combes, Gerard Descotes, Soren Dyring Jacobsen, Ruediger Hack, Joerg Kemkowski, Klaus Krauser, Rudolf Pfister, Yvon Rabemampianina, Sue Sparrow, Markus Stephan-Gueldner and Friedrich von Landenberg
An Approach to Minimise Dog Use in Regulatory Toxicology: Production of a Best Practice Guide to Study Design  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

David J. Mellor
Comprehensive Assessment of Harms Caused by Experimental, Teaching and Testing Procedures on Live Animals  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Tjard de Cock Buning
Practical Difficulties in Balancing Harms and Benefits in the Modern Use of Laboratory Animals: Biotechnology  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

John McArdle
Report of the Workshop on Xenotransplantation  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Lynette A. Hart, Mary W. Wood, Ana Massey and Martin Smith
Uses of Animals and Alternatives in Pre-college Education in the United States: Need for Leadership on Educational Resources and Guidelines  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Lesley A. King, Cheryl L. Ross, Martin L. Stephens and Andrew N. Rowan
Biology Teachers’ Attitudes to Dissection and Alternatives  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Jon D. Richmond
Xenotransplantation: A European Perspective  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Joerg Luy and Barbara Grune
Activities in German-speaking Countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to Transform School Education with the Objective of Increasing Student Awareness of Animal Welfare Issues  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Crystal Miller-Spiegel
The Use of Animals in National High School Student Science Fair Projects in the United States  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Emad Aboud, Carlos Ernesto Suarez, Ossama Al-Mefty and M. Gazi Yasargil
New Alternative to Animal Models for Surgical Training  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Tsutomu Miki Kurosawa, Hiroyoshi Ninomiya and Yukihisa Matsuda
JSAAE Activities in Alternatives to Animal Experimentation for Undergraduate Schools: Forum for Citizens in Primary and Secondary Schools  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Nick Jukes
Replacement of Harmful Animal Use in Life Science Education: The Approach and Activities of InterNICHE  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

David Dewhurst
Computer-based Alternatives to Using Animals in Teaching Physiology and Pharmacology to Undergraduate Students  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Miroslav Cervinka, Zuzana Cervinková, Jan Novák, Jan Spicák, Emil Rudolf and Jan Peychl
Our Experiences with Development of Digitised Video Streams and Their Use in Animal-free Medical Education  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Theodora Capaldo
The Psychological Effects on Students of Using Animals in Ways that They See as Ethically, Morally or Religiously Wrong  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Bert F.M. van Zutphen
The European Science Foundation: Three Rs Policy and Education  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Nicole Duffee and Michael T. Fallon
ResearchTraining.org and AALASLearningLibrary.org: Online Learning Management Systems for Technicians, Researchers, and IACUCs  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Maggy Jennings and Jane Smith
Developing Ethics Training for Laboratory Animal Users  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Sally Walshaw
Incorporating Animal Alternatives in a Training Programme in Laboratory Animal Care and Use  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Jonathan Balcombe
Medical Training Using Simulation: Toward Fewer Animals and Safer Patients  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Alexander S. Davies
Technological Advances that Enhance Teaching Using Animals, and the Application of the Three Rs  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

David Dewhurst
How Can We Encourage Teachers to Use Computer-based Alternatives: The UK Higher Education Experience  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Annett Janusch Roi and Andrew Burke
The ECVAM Scientific Information Service (SIS)  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Barbara Grune, Antje Dörendahl, Dorothea Köhler-Hahn, Céline Feuerstein, Rainer Box, Heinz Wohlgemuth and Horst Spielmann
New Sources for Alternative Methods on the Internet: The Objectives of Databases and Web Sites  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Lisa A. Libowitz
Proposal for International Recognition, Support and Cooperation with the Internet Clearinghouse on the Three Rs (Altweb)  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Krys Bottrill
Search Strategies on the Internet: General and Specific  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Miroslav Cervinka and Tsutomu Miki Kurosawa
Report of the Workshop on Incorporating Animal Alternatives in Training Programmes: Specific Activities in Various Countries    [ PDF ]

Tsutomu Miki Kurosawa
Activities in Japan and Other Asian Countries & Summary of the Satellite Session  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Miroslav Cervinka
Situation in the Czech Republic: An Example of a Country in Transition  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Mary W. Wood and Lynette A. Hart
Search Filters, a New Tool in the Search for Alternatives: Locating Mouse Strains as Disease Models  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Jasmijn de Boo, David Dewhurst and Jan van der Valk
The European Resource Centre for Alternatives in Higher Education  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Henk van Wilgenburg, Piet G. van Schaick Zillesen and Iva Krulichova
Experimental Design: Computer Simulation for Improving the Precision of an Experiment  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Sally Walshaw
Teaching from the Heart  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Lynette A. Hart and Mary W. Wood
Uses of Animals and Alternatives in College and Veterinary Education at the University of California, Davis: Institutional Commitment for Mainstreaming Alternatives  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Andrew P. Worth and Michael Balls
The Principles of Validation and the ECVAM Validation Process  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Hiroshi Ono
Validation Activities in Japan: A Report  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Robert D. Combes, Michael Balls, Lee Bansil, Martin Barratt,David Bell, Philip Botham, Caren Broadhead, Richard Clothier, Elizabeth George, Julia Fentem, Michael Jackson, Ian Indans, George Loizou, Vyra Navaratnam, Victor Pentreath, Barry Phillips, Henry Stemplewski and Jane Stewart
The Third FRAME Toxicity Committee: Working Toward Greater Implementation of Alternatives in Toxicity Testing  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Yasuo Ohno
The Validation and Regulatory Acceptance of Alternative Methods in Japan  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

E. Vicky Warbrick and Peter F. Evans
The Regulatory Acceptance of Alternatives in the European Union  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Leonard M. Schechtman and William S. Stokes
The FDA’s Regulatory Role in the ICCVAM Process  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Troy Seidle
Ideology Masquerading as Science: The Case of Endocrine Disrupter Screening Programmes  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Makoto Umeda
Cell Transformation Assay Using Balb/c 3T3 Cells or Bhas 42 Cells for the Efficient Detection of Tumour Promoters  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Odile de Silva and David Basketter
The Research Programme of SCAAT  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Julia H. Fentem and Philip A. Botham
Update on the Validation and Regulatory Acceptance of Alternative Tests for Skin Corrosion and Irritation  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Winfried Steiling
The Bioavailability of Cationic Azo Hair Dyes: Application of a New In Vitro Method  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Chunja Nam, Susun An, Eunyoung Lee, Seongjoon Moon, Jongkoo Kang and Ihseop Chang
An In Vitro Phototoxicity Assay Battery (Photohaemolysis and 3T3 NRU PT test) to Assess Phototoxic Potential of Fragrances  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Marlies Halder and Denise Sailstad
Summary of the Workshop on Training for the Implementation of Alternative Test Methods  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Andrew P. Worth and Mark T.D. Cronin
Report of the Workshop on the Validation of QSARs and Other Computational Prediction Models  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Gilly Griffin, William S. Stokes, Steven P. Pakes and Clément Gauthier
The ICLAS/CCAC International Symposium on Regulatory Testing and Animal Welfare  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Elke Genschow, Andrea Seiler and Horst Spielmann
Considering the Test Performance for Three Class Data Using Linear Discriminant Analysis: A Case Study  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Amy Rispin, John W. Harbell, Mitchell Klausner, Foster T. Jordan, Sandra Coecke, Kailash Gupta and Katherine Stitzel
Quality Assurance for In Vitro Alternative Test Methods: Quality Control Issues in Test Kit Production  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Michael F.W. Festing
Is the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research Still Necessary in 2002? Unfortunately, “Yes”  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Ray Greek and Jean Swingle Greek
Are Animals Necessary in 2002? Reply to Dr Michael Festing’s Book Review of Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Ingrid E. Newkirk
Brueghel’s Two Monkeys  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Michael Balls
Are Animal Tests Inherently Valid?  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]

Nick Jukes
Are Animals Necessary in Biological Education?  [ Abstract ]   [ PDF ]