Progress in the Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of Animal Experimentation

Balls, M.; Zeller, A.-M.; Halder, M.

ISBN 10: 0444505296 / ISBN 13: 9780444505293

Published by Elsevier, Netherlands, 2000

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0444505296. A mint, unread decorative board Hardcover, no marks, creases or inscriptions, 836 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs, charts, tables and diagrams. Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in The Life Sciences, held in Bologna, Italy, from 29 August to 2 September 1999. Laboratory animal procedures and non-animal methods in the biomedical sciences are considered in five themes, which include: the development of replacement alternative methods; the validation and regulatory acceptance of alternative test methods. Contents new, unread. Text in English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Progress in the Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of Animal Experimentation
• Publisher: Elsevier, Netherlands
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444505296
• ISBN 13: 9780444505293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

Hardbound. New legislation enacted in many countries and regions of the world during the 1980s requires that laboratory animal use be reduced, refined and replaced wherever possible, for ethical and scientific reasons, in line with the Three Rs concept put forward by W.M.S. Russell and R.L. Bnurch in 1958, in The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique. This Congress provided an opportunity for a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the publication of this book, and for a coming together of many of those who are actively pursuing the implementation of the Three Rs in the interests of good science and humane science. Current uses and future prospects for the use of laboratory animal procedures and non-animal methods in the biomedical sciences are considered in five themes: the development of replacement alternative methods; the validation and regulatory acceptance of alternative test methods; reduction alternatives and the testi