ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 27, Number 1
January/February 1999

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

The precautionary principle should be used with caution -- and should be applied to animal experimentation and genetic manipulation, not merely to protection of the environment

NEWS AND VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS AND VIEWS

3RD WORLD CONGRESS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

ECVAM WORKSHOP REPORT

Alternatives to the use of animals in higher education.
J. van der Valk, D. Dewhurst, I. Hughes, J. Atkinson, J. Balcombe, H. Braun, K. Gabrielson, F. Gruber, J. Miles, J. Nab, J. Nardi, H. van Wilgenburg, U. Zinko & J. Zurlo

Eye irritation testing: the way forward.
M. Balls, N. Berg, L.H. Bruner, R.D. Curren, O. de Silva, L.K. Earl, D.J. Esdaile, J.H. Fentem, M. Liebsch, Y. Ohno, M.K. Prinsen, H. Spielmann & A.P. Worth

The production of polyclonal antibodies in laboratory animals.
P.P.A.M. Leenaars, C.F.M. Hendriksen, W.A. de Leeuw, F. Carat, P. Delahaut, R. Fischer, M. Halder, W.C. Hanley, J. Hartinger, J. Hau, E.B. Lindblad, W. Nicklas, I.M. Outschoorn & D.E.S. Stewart-Tull

ARTICLES

Comparative surfactant reactivity of canine and human stratum corneum: a plea for the use of the corneosurfametry bioassay.
V. Goffin, J. Fontaine & G.E. Piérard

A preliminary comparison of LiverBeads™ with a conventional rat hepatocyte culture preparation: some aspects of xenobiotic metabolism and related toxicity.
A.H. Hammond, M.J. Garle & J.R. Fry

Short-term toxicity of various pharmacological agents on the in vitro nitrification process in a simple closed aquatic system.
H. Nimenya, A. Delaunois, D. La Duong, S. Bloden, J. Defour, B. Nicks & M. Ansay

Human bone marrow cell culture: A sensitive method for determination of the biocompatibility of implant materials.
A. Wilke, M. Landgraff, J. Orth, H. Poenitz, H. Kienapfel, K. Boelte, P. Griss & R.P. Franke

COMMENT

Cats in scientific procedures: main areas of use in the UK and some causes for concern.
S.J. Gray

A general approach for evaluating stepwise testing strategies.
A.P. Worth and J.H. Fentem

AROUND THE WORLD

Abstracts of the articles published in ALTEX Volume 15 1998

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEW