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Home Office Liaison Forum
The Home Office Liaison Forum (HOLF) was formed in 2009 and held its inaugural meeting in 2010. The members of this forum consist of Home Office Liaison Officers and others involved in liaison with the Home Office. The Forum will; provide an expert network for discussion, organise seminars & workshops, hold an annual Forum on A(SP)A related issues and promote a high level of communication with ASP Inspectorate. The HOLF will work with other LASA Sections on topics that are mutually relevant to the members.
Transgenics and the 3Rs - what’s it all about?
12 April 2010 (please note the change of published date)
The RSPCA, LASA Animal Science Section and the IAT have joined forces to offer this one day meeting at a midlands venue. Click title for further information and booking details.
Cut to the Chase: aseptic and atraumatic techniques in laboratory animal surgery.
21 April 2010
LASA Animal Care & Welfare Section have joined forces with the Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association (LAVA) to offer this one day meeting on refinements in surgery. Location: North of London close to major road and rail links. Click title for further information and booking details.
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Dog housing, husbandry and enrichment – towards new standards.
18 May 2010
The LASA 3Rs Section has joined forces with UFAW to offer this one day meeting. The meeting will be held at a venue north of London, close to major road and rail links. Click title for further information and booking details.
Joint FELASA/Scand-LAS symposium 'New Paradigms in Laboratory Animal Science’ to be held 14-17 June 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. Programme and booking information now available.
Submit an Abstract, deadline 31 March 2010.
Early registration before April 30th, 2010.
Certificate Holders' Forum
The next meeting of the Certificate Holders' Forum will be on 11 and 12 October, 2010.
Winter Meeting 2010
Dates for your diary, Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd December 2010.
PUBLICATIONS
Added January 2010 for download:
LASA 2010. Guiding Principles for Preparing for and Undertaking Aseptic Surgery. A report by the LASA Education, Training and Ethics section. (M. Jennings and M. Berdoy eds.).
2009. Animal Welfare, Ethics and the 3Rs Training materials and resources. (D.I. Lewis ed.).
Reports and Guidance from the LASA Education, Training and Ethics Section:
Winter Meeting Session 2008 - Life's Dilemmas.
LASA 2009. Guiding Principles on Record Keeping for Personal Licence Holders. A report by the LASA Education, Training and Ethics Section. (M. Jennings and M. Berdoy eds.).
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Laboratory Animals is a peer reviewed journal published quarterly for Laboratory Animals Limited by Royal Society of Medicine Press. This is the official journal of LASA and it is distributed FREE to all LASA members.
The Forum is LASA's newsletter, in 2004 the newsletter underwent a major overhaul, was renamed and redesigned, it is produced every quarter and sent to automatically to all members.
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National Centre for the Three Rs, NC3Rs
Semantic search to avoid animal experiments
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"Altweb, the Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site, was created to serve as a gateway to alternatives news, information, and resources on the Internet and beyond."
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"The Centre provides information on laboratory animal science and alternatives to the use of animals in research, teaching and school dissection classes."
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"The Animal Procedures Committee (APC) is an advisory, Non-Departmental Public Body established and appointed under the terms of sections 19 and 20 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Our role is to advise the Home Secretary on matters concerned with the Act and his functions under it, relating to any experimental or other scientific procedures applied to a protected animal which may have the effect of causing that animal pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm; and also, to examine other related subjects we consider worthy of further study."
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'Understanding Animal Research is the new organisation formed by the Research Defence Society and Coalition for Medical Progress.
Soon, this space will allow you to view video clips. Keep coming back over the next few weeks to see the images in our media library; more resources for schools; a quiz to find out what you know; myths & facts; a timeline of medical advances; a questionnaire to find out your attitudes to animal research; and much more...'
