ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 27, Supplement 1
November 1999

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Does the use of transgenic animals raise particular welfare and ethical concerns?
M. Balls

ECVAM Workshop Report 28: The use of transgenic animals in the European Union.
T.B. Mepham, R.D. Combes, M. Balls., O. Barbieri, H.J. Blokhuis, P. Costa, R.E. Crilly, T. de Cock Buning, V.C. Delpire, M.J. O'Hare, L-M. Houdebine, C.F. van Kreijl, M. van der Meer, C.A. Reinhardt, E. Wolf & A-M. Zeller

ECVAM workshop 28: a research perspective (Comment).
Anonymous

ECVAM workshop 28: an industry perspective (Comment).
S. Dean

Do Canadian Council on Animal Care guidelines meet ECVAM recommendations on transgenic animals? (Comment)
G. Griffin & C. Gauthier

Transgenic models for prion disease: have they outlived their useful purpose?
E.S. Jenkins & R.D. Combes

Transgenic mouse bioassays for carcinogenicity testing: a step in the right direction?
A-M. van Zeller & R.D. Combes

Bioethical issues in the generation and use of transgenic farm animals.
T.B. Mepham & R.E. Crilly

Welfare assessment of transgenic animals: behavioural responses and morphological development of newborn mice.
M. van der Meer, P. Costa, V. Baumans, B. Olivier & B. van Zutphen

A proposal for a new ethical scheme addressing the use of laboratory animals for biomedical purposes.
V.C. Delpire, T.B. Mepham & M. Balls

New guidance notes for projects generating or maintaining genetically modified animals (Comment).
E.S. Jenkins & R.F. Francis