ANZCCART Conference 2008
Blue Sky to deep water: the reality and the promise
Proceedings of the 2008 ANZCCART Conference Auckland, New Zealand
Introduction
Mark Fisher
Welcome
John Martin
SESSION 1: Sharing experiences (dilemmas and compliance)
Doing animal experimentation in a national organisation with regional responsibilities under state legislation Dr Chris Prideaux ( See PowerPoint presentation – PDF, 629 kb, 18 pages)
Meeting animal welfare needs in a biotherapies environment- challenges for the CSL/Pfizer Animal Ethics Committee Dr John Phelps
Assessing a research project with reference to the big picture Grant Shackell
International benchmarking: AAALAC International Accreditation Dr Kathryn Bayne
SESSION 2: Transgenics and modelling
Modelling human muscle activity Professor Andrew Pullan
Using zebrafish in human disease research: some advantages, disadvantages and ethical considerations Dr Michael Lardelli (See PowerPoint presentation – PDF, 5.6 MB, 26 pages)
The benefits of using sheep to model human brain disease Jessie Jacobsen et al.
SESSION 3: Great idea but not necessarily what I expected
Great idea but not necessarily what I expected (Sometimes the techniques worked; sometimes they didn’t) Dr Allan Goldenthal, Dr Glen Harrison (See Powerpoint presentation – PDF, 1MB, 10 pages)
Julie Hitchens (PowerPoint presentation)
Dr Jacqueline Keenan (PowerPoint presentation)
Associate Professor Donald Love
SESSION 4: Challenging ethics
A brief but practical summary of ethics James Battye
The Cam Reid Oration: Should we be giving attention to justifying animals in science? Dr Mark Fisher
Infrared thermography and heart rate variability for non-invasive assessment of animal welfare Dr Mairi Stewart et al. (ANZCCART Student Award winner) (PowerPoint presentation)
SESSION 5: Death as an event, death as a challenge
Euthanasing animals-the human experience Dr Erich von Dietz (PowerPoint presentation)
Managing grief associated with euthanasia Dr Dianne Gardner (PowerPoint presentation)
Recruiting Rats to the Research Resort: the importance of well trained resort personnel Dr John Schofield
SESSION 6: Wildlife and conservation
The artificial incubation of kiwi eggs: a conservation tool Suzanne Bassett and Claire Travers (PowerPoint presentation)
Researching wildlife in New Zealand: conservation opportunities are both constraints and opportunities Dr Mark Hauber
Animal welfare issues in vertebrate pest management and research in New Zealand Dr Penny Fisher et al.
SESSION 7: Fish welfare
Working towards the development of best practices in fish and fisheries research or The troubles with fish and fish biologists! Howard Gill, Carolyn Ashton and Andrew Rowland
The fish: What potential for awareness? Dr Colin Johnston (PowerPoint presentation)
“Pain” and analgesia in fish: What we know, what we don’t know, and what we need to know before using analgesics in fish Dr Don Stevens