ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 28, Number 5
September/October 2000

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Drunken monkeys and cruel humans

NEWS AND VIEWS

ARTICLES

The isolated perfused bovine udder as a model of dermal eicosanoid release.
W. Bäumer & M. Kietzmann

Local irritation/corrosion testing strategies: extending a decision support system by applying self-learning classifiers.
S. Zinke & I. Gerner

Development of a decision support system for the introduction of alternative methods into local irritancy/corrosivity testing strategies. Creation of fundamental rules for a decision support system.
I. Gerner, S. Zinke, G. Graetschel & E. Schlede

The humoral immune response and the productivity of laying hens kept on the ground or in cages.
M.H. Erhard, H. Özpinar, T. Bilal, Y. Abbas, C. Kutay, H. Eseceli & M. Stangassinger

An evaluation of mechanistic in vitro tests for the discrimination of photoallergic and photoirritant potential
W.W. Lovell & P.A. Jones

COMMENT

The prohibition of routine ascites production of monoclonal antibodies in the United States: a successful application of the alternatives approach to biomedical research.
J.E. McArdle

CONFERENCE DIARY

SELECTED TITLES