Web Alternatives
Given the increasing importance of Internet resources, included in the page GTEMA-Working Group for alternative methods 87 links on the use of alternative and complementary research, teaching and testing.
Due to the increasing importance of world-wide web internet resources, 87 links on alternative and complementary methods used for research, education and testing are included.
ÍNDICE / INDEX:
- Databases on Alternatives / Alternative Data Bases
- Protocolos / Protocols
- Education and Training / Education & Training
- Online Simulation / On-line Simulation
- Reduction and Refinement / Reduction & Refinement
- Legislación / Legislation
1. Databases on Alternatives / Alternative Data Bases
- ALTWEB: The Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site, a very complete web site with news, etc.
- Alternatives searches Guide (very useful) / A Guide to Searching for Alternatives to the use of laboratory animals, by Krys Bottrill, FRAME
- Alternatives databases
- MEIC- Multicenter Evaluation of in Vitro Cytotoxicity, MEMO and EDIT projects
CTLU
NICA: - Alternatives on Line by D Sladowski
- Searching for Alternatives UF
- ATCC- American Type Culture Collection
- ECACC- European Collection of Cell Cultures
- Cell Lines Collections
- NetVet, the electronic Zoo
- Toxicology in Vitro
- SKIP- Alternatives to Laboratory Animals
- Reports and Recommendations of the European Centre for Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
2. Protocolos / Protocols:
- INVITTOX – FRAME/ERGATT/ECVAM Data base of protocols on in vitro experimental methods
- OECD list of protocols for toxicity assessment
- Model organisms for biomedical research / Experimental models
- Alternatives annotated bibliography
- lternatives to Skin Irritation Testing in Animals
- Corrositex: An In Vitro Method for Assessing Dermal Corrosivity Potential of Chemicals, NIH publication 99-4495 ICCVAM
- LLNA -The Murine Local Lymph Node Assay: A Test Method for Assessing the Allergic Contact Dermatitis Potential of Chemicals/Compounds
- FETAX- Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay – Xenopus
- Flow Cytometry Protocols
- Molbio/biotechnology protocols and software sites, Paul N. Spirit
3. Education and Training / Education & Training:
- Norina database: together more than 3800 audiovisual / audiovisuals inventory
- AVAR alternatives in education database
- World Animal Net web site
- EuroNICHE- European network of Individuals and campaigns for Humane Education
and , the book ‘From Guinea Pig to Computer Mouse’ Alternatives in Education – new approaches for a new millennium’ video. Info., Nick Jukes, EURONICE Co-ordinator, lynx@gn.apc.org - Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Higher Education, ECVAM WR 33, SKIP 27: 39-52, 1999
- ANZCCART- Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
- BioEd- Biology Education Resources
- SciEd- Science and Mathematics Education Resources
- The Whole Mouse Catalog, mice and rats information
- CLIVE- Computer Aided Learning in Veterinary Education
- DARE- Ohio Scientific Education and Research Association
- Questions People Ask About Animals in Research; With Answers from The American Physiological Society
- Sniffy the Virtual Rat Software for teaching operant conditioning
- Introductory Course on Swine Immunology
- SECAL Documentary Fund: videos and CDs on Laboratory Animal
4. Online Simulation ! / On-line Simulation !:
- The Axon Potential Simulator
- HyperHeart- bloodflow, aortic/ventricular volumes and pressures in a normal cardiac cycle
- On-Line Pharmacokinetic Simulations
- Virtual Dissections of a Frog: focused to undergraduate students:
- Sheep Brain Dissection
- Cat Diseccion Online
- Anatomically Correct: The On-line Cat Dissection
- The Virtual Pig Dissection
- Visible Human: 3-D representation of the human body
- The Heart: An Online Exploration
- The Human Brain
- Interactive Brain Atlas: Digital anatomist
- Brain Atlas: The Whole (and diseases)
- The Mouse Brain Library, Atlas and iScope (Nissl-stained brain sections, microscope slides)
- The Digital Anatomist
- Neuroanatomy Interactive Syllabus
- Interactive Atlas of Thoracic viscera
- 2D and 3D views of the Knee
- Cells alive!
- Selected Microscopy Resources for K-12 Education
- Virtual Plant Cell
- Movies
- Virtual Gastroscopy (Quicktime required), A fly through the esophagus and stomach of the Visible Human
- Muscle Contraction Tutorial (freeware)
- Normal Ear of Dogs and Cats (freeware)
- Reducing the Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical Research: Problems and Possible Solutions : ECVAM Workshop Report 29
http://altweb.jhsph.edu/science/pubs/ECVAM/ecvam29.htm - OECD Draft Guidance Document on the Recognition, Assessment and Use of Clinical Signs as Humane Endpoints for Experimental Animals used in Safety Evaluation"
- Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) guidelines on: choosing an appropriate endpoint in experiments using animals for research, teaching and testing
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NAS)
- A Bibliography for Members of Institutional Animal Care and use Committees
- How to Write an Animal Use Protocol
- Euthanasia Recommendations
- An alternative method for rat fixation when giving subcutaneous, intramuscular and intraperitoneal injections ("Camilla´s method")
- The importance of non-statistical design in refining animal experiments
- Readings and resources on The Third R: Refinement
- Laboratory Animals online documents: very useful
- Publications of Laboratory Animals in Spanish (SECAL)
- Animal Experimentation. The Spanish-Language Magazine of Laboratory Animal Science
- Alternatives to animal testing bibliography with abstracts
- Compilation of literature on the assessment of animal welfare and animal distress
- The Transgenic / Targeted Mutation Database
- Transgenic Mouse Facility Home Page
- Animal web sites
6. Legislación / Legislation:
- European Union Legislation Searcher
In Spanish
In English - European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes
- Council Directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the Protection of Animals Used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes
- European Union Legislation related to Protection of Animals
- Animal Protection Legislation Links
Fuente / Source: Guillermo Repetto, Weight Ana, Manuel Salguero, Manuel Repetto (1999)Inventory of the Spanish Institutions and Scientists Involved in Alternatives to the use of Laboratory Animals (Refinement, Reduction or Replacement) Journal of Toxicology 16: 50-127.
If you have suggestions to include in the pages of GTEMA-Working Group for alternative methods, Please indicate the William <repetto@us.es / If you have suggestions of web sites to include, please let us know at the address repetto@us.es.
In this section:
- Alternative Methods - GTEMA
- Concept Alternatives
- [3R] Alternatives to Animal Testing
- Documents
- Web Alternatives
- Links
- Inventory
- English Version
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