Table 1 Information and actions required to advance refinement within the scientific community
From: Improving quality of science through better animal welfare: the NC3Rs strategy
What we need to understand | What we need to do |
|---|---|
The effects of research procedures on animal welfare | Be motivated to optimize the welfare of the animals in our care |
How negative welfare states can be avoided or alleviated | Put the evidence base into practice, routinely and uniformly |
How positive welfare states can be encouraged | Possess the necessary information, knowledge and skills |
How welfare states, and hence the impact of refinements, can be reliably measured | Develop and share new ways of measuring and improving welfare |
How animal welfare impacts on quality of science | Demonstrate publicly that welfare improvements are being made |
