Professor David Fraser Named Loblaw Animal Welfare Advisor
Loblaw, Canada’s largest grocery retailer, recently named Professor David Fraser as scientific advisor on animal welfare. David has served as an advisor on animal welfare for the retail and restaurant sectors in the United States and for the World Organisation for Animal Health, and is a member of Canada’s National Farm Animal Health and Welfare […]
A more humane death for laboratory rats
Euthanasia is one of the most common laboratory procedures, because virtually every animal is killed at the end of a study. A growing body of research has shown that the inhalant anaesthetic isoflurane is a more humane alternative to the commonly used carbon dioxide (CO2) for rendering rodents unconscious during euthanasia. Although isoflurane is more […]
More humane ways to kill laboratory mice
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is often used to euthanize laboratory rodents at the end of a research study. A growing body of research has shown that CO2 is aversive to mice and rats. Inhalant anaesthetics, like isoflurane, are a humane alternative to CO2 for rendering animals unconscious. This allows for a two-step procedure: rodents are first […]
Zebrafish research featured in PLoS ONE’s favorite articles of 2014
A recent paper by AWP alumna Devina Wong, Nina von Keyserlingk, Jeffrey Richards, and Dan Weary was highlighted as a favorite article in 2014 by PLoS ONE editors. This honor was bestowed on just 13 articles published in the journal in 2014. See the list here. Please join us in congratulating Devina and colleagues!