LASA STATEMENT ON UNDERCOVER VIDEO FOOTAGE AT A SPANISH CRO BY CRUELTY FREE INTERNATIONAL
Following the recent commentary in The Guardian (8th April 2021) many of you will have read the article and seen the undercover video footage taken at Vivotecnia, which was collated by Cruelty Free International. The video footage shows examples of inhumane treatment...
Workshop “Communicating animal research – why and how”
"Communicating animal research - why and how". A virtual workshop on this important topic will be held in May; you can find further details and registration information here. Click here to download the flyer.
Being an effective lay member of an AWERB
The RSPCA has produced a useful infographic to assist lay members of AWERBs fulfill their role. It can be found here. Please share this with the Chair of your AWERB and lay members as appropriate.
AST2020
Dear Colleagues, We would like to thank you again for your patience and understanding throughout this very drawn out and lengthy process. We are now beginning the process of calculating the pro rata refunds to all those who registered to attend AST2020 or who...
The Forced Swim Test
LASA is pleased to announce the publication of a fact sheet on the Forced Swim Test (or Porsolt Swim Test). This has been jointly sponsored by LASA, Understanding Animal Research and the British Association for Psychopharmacology. You can find the fact sheet here or...
Recommendations for Health Management of ruminants and pigs
The Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations have published recommendations of best practices for the health management of ruminants and pigs used for scientific and educational purposes. These can be found here.
Document designed to aid AWERB review of lessons learnt from the COVID19 experience
The COVID19 crisis resulted in many establishments having to rapidly curtail, stop work, or drastically alter their working practices. It will be beneficial that the AWERB reviews the processes that were in place during the crisis, and their outcomes, not only in the...
Considerations for restarting animal facility operations after Covid-19 lockdown
Professionals from the UK's laboratory animal community have produced advice to help staff working under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) with their plans for a return to a more normal level of work after the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown...
Compassion fatigue and coping mechanisms in laboratory animal workers
Charles River Laboratories invite participants for a research survey examining compassion fatigue and coping mechanisms in laboratory animal workers in Europe. This questionnaire aims to: 1) determine how widespread compassion fatigue is in...
Rodent surgery survey
If you are involved in experimental rodent surgery, we would encourage you to contribute to this survey, the results of which will form part of a PhD thesis. It should take you no longer than 15 minutes to complete, and all responses will be confidential.