Topics include: bioethics, animal handling, aseptic surgical technique, anesthesia and analgesia, animal health and well-being, euthanasia, biosecurity, occupational health & animal biosafety concept, and animal biosafety on a species-specific basis. You can click this help file for more information.

Link: AALAS Learning Library

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• Manual Restraint and Common Compound Administration Routes in Mice and Rats (Journal of Visualized Experiments, JoVE)
• Saphenous vein puncture for blood sampling of the mouse (Norwegian Reference Centre for Lab Animal Science & Alternatives)
• Mouse, Rat, Guinea Pig, Rabbits handling and Restraint [AHWLA (UK)] (photos and videos)
• Procedure with Care _ Administration of Substances (for mouse and rat)

• Survival Surgery Procedures: Rodents (Johns Hopkins University)
• Principles of Surgery Home Page (University of Penn) 
• Survival Rodent Surgery, Mouse and rat restraint and experimental techniques Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services) CDs available from the following website
• Aseptic technique in rodent surgery (tutorial)

Intra-operative Monitoring for the mouse, rat, guinea pig, rabbit, pig and goat poster

• Humane Endpoints in laboratory animal experimentation
• National Centre for the 3R of Animals in Research – Humane Endpoints
• Humane Endpoints in Animal Research (The Pennsylvania State University)

• Education and Training in Lab Animal Science and Welfare (LAL – Lab Animals Ltd)
• NetVet Veterinary Resources
• The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science- information on laboratory animal science and alternatives to the use of animals in research, teaching and school dissection classes.
• Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals
• The Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU) - ANIMAL CARE & USE TRAINING
• Flaire Learning