Practical guidance for breeding & management of laboratory animal colonies

Join Dr Ellen Forty, Sarah Johnson & Dr Nikki Osborne for this on-demand webinar discussing the importance of applying best practice in breeding and colony management of lab animals to achieve 3Rs impacts and improve scientific outcomes.

During this webinar Ellen (Regional Programme Manager at NC3Rs) introduces work by an international expert working group to generate freely available resources and guidance for applying best practice. Sarah (Director of Biological Research Facility at the France Crick Institute) then discusses in detail the key concepts and practical steps individuals can take to address common challenges in managing mouse colonies.

Topics discussed in this session include:
– Knowing and characterising your strain
– Minimising surplus animals
– Breeding strategies (for colony maintenance and experimental cohorts)
– Archiving
– 3Rs and scientific benefits of applying best practice
– Freely available resources to support colony managers

You will also have access to download session handouts including a PDF copy of the slideset.

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Attendees of this webinar may also be interested in our Mindset Training, our on-demand Improving Reproducibility Training or Animal Research Training, plus our live online Lab Research Publication School , Aquatic Animal Research Training or Statistical Analysis Training.

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