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Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA-United Kingdom)
The LASA Winter Scientific Meeting will be held from November 29 to December1, 2000 (venue to be confirmed). The meeting in 1999 was the largest ever, attracting 249 delegates,11 of whom were from overseas. There was a large trade exhibition with 81 trade delegates. The program consisted of 10 scientific sessions and workshops and a number of posters. This year’s meeting will take place in the same kind of prestigious and stimulating setting as has been the custom in recent years and details of the program will appear in the next two issues of the journal. Anyone wishing to submit a poster or requiring further information should contact the LASA Secretariat, PO Box 3993, Tamworth, Staffs B78 3QU, UK, phone: +(0)1827 259130, fax:+ (0)1827 259188, e-mail: LASA@globalnet.co.uk , http://www.lasa.co.uk/.
2001 Pathology of Mutant Animal Models Meeting
The Pathology of Mutant Animal Models 2001 meeting will be held February 15-17, 2001, at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. The interactive format of the 2001 conference will include lectures, case presentations, and a poster session.
Lecture topics are expected to include Pathologic Characterization of Mutant Mice, Rodent Clinical Pathology, Background Lesions and the Significance of Strain Variability, Early Embryonic Death and Neonatal Lethality, Quality Assurance (infectious disease) Issues in Maintaining and Evaluation of Mutant Mice, Mutant Fish Models, Immunophenotyping, Musculoskeletal Phenotyping and Dental Pathology, Cardiovascular Phenotyping and the Effects of Strain, and Pathology on Behavioral Evaluations.
Case presentations and poster presentations on pathology of mutant animals of any species will be invited. Final details, registration forms, and submission forms for posters and case presentations are posted on the CLDavis web site at http://www.afip.org/CLDavis/CLDavis.meetings.htm#transgenics
To continue to maintain reasonable registration fees and to promote participation by students and residents in accordance with the foundation’s mission to promote continuing education and the advancement of veterinary and comparative pathology, it is likely that most of conference materials will be provided in electronic format to reduce copying costs. In addition, corporate sponsorship of speakers, meals, or a reception would be welcome.
For more information, please contact Dr. Cory Brayton at cbrayton@bcm.tmc.edu.
Second European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Marwell Zoological Park is pleased to announce that it will be hosting this conference in co-operation with the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums Research Group and the University of Southampton. The conference will be held on April 6-9, 2001, in Southampton, United Kingdom. Several specific session themes with keynote speakers have already been identified:
Further sessions will be determined by the abstract submissions received, and both oral presentations and poster sessions are planned. The conference will be of interest to anyone involved in the formulation of diets for captive wild animals. Register your interest by joining the conference mailing list, and you’ll receive the information automatically.
To join the conference mailing list, please send your contact details by e-mail to: Nutrition2001@marwell.org.uk or by post/fax to: Zoo Nutrition 2001, Marwell Zoological Park, Owslebury, Winchester, Hampshire, S021 1JH, United Kingdom, fax : (0) 1962 777511 or visit the conference web site at http://www.marwell.org.uk/n2000-03-18a.htm.
Network for Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture
3rd NAHWOA Workshop: Human-animal relationships: management, housing and
ethics
The aim of the 3rd Workshop for the Network for Animal Health and
Welfare in Organic Agriculture (NAHWOA) is to discuss and exchange views
on issues related to human-animal relationships in organic livestock production.
The workshop will be held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, October 21-24, 2000.
The topic is considered in its widest context, and papers are expected to cover issues from housing design and farm management strategies to stockmanship and human motivation in animal husbandry. The conference will include:
1st Session: Stockmanship: The ethics of human-animal relationships and the role of farmer
2nd Session: Stockmanship: motivation and evaluation. Working groups based on the two morning sessions: “Stockmanship: how to evaluate and improve?”
Presentation on French organic livestock production (Michel Bouilhol), field visit and lunch
3rd Session: Presentations on ongoing or planned research from network partners and others
4th Session: Housing for organic livestock
Working groups: Housing, health, welfare: Are there conflicts and where should the priorities be?
For more information contact: Malla Hovi, P.O. Box 236, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, READING RG6 6AT, UK, e-mail: m.hovi@reading.ac.uk, or visit the conference web site at http://www.veeru.reading.ac.uk/organic/3rd%20NAHWOA%20prelim.htm.
Animal Welfare Considerations in Livestock Housing Systems
The meeting will be held at Technical University of Zielona Góóra, Poland, on October 24 - 26, 2001. The symposium will be hosted by the Technical University of Zielona Góóra and guided by the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering. The symposium language will be English. The main topics of the symposium are:
Registration fee will be around EURO 270 - 320 covering registration, proceedings,
welcome party, and conference dinner. For more information, visit the conference
web site at http://www.pz.zgora.pl/cigr/ or contact the Conference Secretariat:
Department of Agricultural Building, Agricultural University of Wroclaw,
Pl. Grunwaldzki 24, 50 363 Wroclaw, Poland,
phone: +48 71 320 55 26, fax:
+48 71 320 55 84, e-mail: ibr@ozi.ar.wroc.pl or Prof. Tadeusz Ku½nczyski,
Technical University of Zielona Góóra, ul. prof. Zygmunta Szafrana 2, 65
016 Zielona Góóra, Poland, fax: +48 71 337 13 82, e-mail: t.kuczynski@wm.pz.zgora.pl.
This handbook provides guidance on assessing hazards and risks and how to eliminate and minimize them. It also emphasizes that each facility is unique and must be assessed locally by competent persons familiar with all aspects. This book is recommended to all professionals working with laboratory animals. It covers the extent and range of hazards in animal facilities, including the physical problems associated with buildings and plant. Specific areas of concern include infection, allergy, genetic manipulation, chemicals, and radiation. It provides the latest guidance on safety management and the law. Although orientated principally towards conditions in the U.K., it reflects current best practice so will be of value to a much wider readership.
Laboratory Animal Handbooks No. 13, ISBN 1-85315-421-0, 249 pages. To order, send a check for £35/US $70 plus £2 /US $4 post and packing made payable to Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd. Telephone or send a credit card number with expiration date to:
Hoddle, Doyle, Meadows Ltd., Station Road, Linton, Cambs, CB1 6UX, UK, phone: +44 (0) 1223 893855, fax: +44 (0) 1223 893852.
The new edition of the Federation of Riding for the Disabled International (FRDI), Directory of Education and Training (5th ed, 2000) is available. Information is included from 29 countries on how instructors and therapists are trained, including details of written and video materials used.
The price is US $25; DM 12; AU $42; £l6. For more information, contact Norma Pearce at FRDI office, Secretariat, PO Box 416 Ascot Vale, Australia 3032. In North America, contact Octavia Brown, President, FRDI; email: brown@centenarycollege.edu; fax 908-234-0304.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Aging Cell Repository has assembled panels of primate materials for distribution. These panels contain samples from the following nonhuman primates: ring-tailed lemur, black-handed spider monkey, woolly monkey, red-bellied tamarin, pig-tailed macaque, rhesus macaque, orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, and bonobo. These samples are available either as fibroblast cultures or DNA. Additional information can be obtained at http://locus.umdnj.edu/nia or by contacting: The NIA Aging Cell Repository, Coriell Cell Repositories, 401 Haddon Avenue, Camden, NJ 08103, phone: 800-752-3805 (U.S. only), (856) 757-4848 from other countries, fax: (856) 757-9737, e-mail: ccr@arginine.umdnj.edu.
The abstracts of papers presented at the 38th Scientific Meeting of GV-SOLAS - Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde - Society of Laboratory Animal Science are available at The topics covered include general aspects, mucous membrane, skin, lung, udder, bone, kidney, liver, uterus, and intestine. The conference was held in September 2000 in Essen, Germany.
Animal Sheltering Online
http://www.animalsheltering.org/
An excellent resource for news and information about community animal control, animal care, and animal protection. This is a project of the Humane Society of the United States.
Animal Welfare Codes of Recommendations and Minimum Standards
http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/animal-welfare/codes/index.htm
From the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand (Te Manatu Ahuwhenua, Ngaherehere) Also includes links to the National Animal Ethics Advisory Council and the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. An excellent resource.
Animal Welfare and the Ethics of Animal Use
http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/resources/animal
Links to WWW resources.
Animal Welfare Program at the University of British Columbia
http://www.agsci.ubc.ca/animalwelfare/
Debate continues over the humane treatment of animals in agriculture, research, sport, and companionship. The University of British Columbia has established an Animal Welfare Program to address these issues through teaching, research, and public education.
Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com/
A great educational resource using video clips and graphics to explain many biological processes such as cell division in cancer cells and bacteria, HIV infection, allergy and mites, and my favorites, bacteriophages (or “Oh Goodness, my E. coli has a Virus!”) and OUCH! The anatomy of a splinter. Many more subjects are listed.
Currency Converter
http://oanda.com/converter/classic
FXConverter: 164 Currency Converter is the web’s most popular multi-lingual foreign exchange calculator to date. Get the exchange rates for over 164 currencies.
Environmental Issues Resource Centre
http://triumph.usask.ca/psc/login_page.php
This resource has been developed by Prairie Swine Centre, Inc., a nonprofit research corporation that conducts applied research in pork production. This site contains a review of the scientific literature and Canadian legislation dealing with intensive livestock units and their relationship to the environment. Users can choose to read a chapter summarizing each of the 14 issues areas identified or conduct their own research using the database. Searches can be conducted by subject or key words to identify the more than 500 scientific references.
Federal Wildlife and Related Laws
http://ipl.unm.edu/cwl/fedbook/statute_frame.htm
Statute summaries from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes
http://www.fishbase.org/
FishBase is a relational database with fish information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists, and many more. As of July 2000, FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. FishBase was developed at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and many other partners, and with support from the European Commission (EC).
Internet Law Library-Legal Treatment of
Animals
http://lawguru.com/ilawlib/1.htm
The information at this site is from the former U.S. House Internet Law Library. A compilation of Federal, international, and State laws, regulations, and guidelines.
Middle East Regional Veterinary Information System Project
http://www.move-in.org/projects/proj-fmd.html
During recent years, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority have jointly initiated a number of animal health activities in a regional context. The implementation of various co-operative animal health projects should improve the control of animal diseases, zoonoses, and the quality and safety of animal products.
References for Animal Pain, Stress, and Capture Myopathy
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/telemtry/refanim.htm
From the U.S. Geological Survey’s Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Check out the other information available from the Northern Prairie Biological Resources link.
State Wildlife Laws Handbook
http://ipl.unm.edu/cwl/statbook/intro.html
Produced by the Center for Wildlife Law at the University of New Mexico.
Watch Corn Grow!
http://www.iowafarmer.com/corncam/corn.html
Research not going the way you expected? Take a break. Count the ears in this Iowa cornfield. See it tassel. Cheer as the mighty cornstalks battle wind, hail, and rainstorms. Bring your friends back to see the plants as they reach for the sky. Bored by the corn? Then stop by and say hello to Soybean Cam. The new camera is up and running in one of Linn County farmer John Munier’s soybean fields. Better hurry. See it at http://www.iowafarmer.com/soycam/index.htm.
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