«The 3Rs Principle in the study of captive primates»
Augusto Vitale
(Dip. Cell biology and Neuroscience– Istituto Sup. Sanità - Roma)
Callithrix jacchus
Cocco
Emilia
Epi
What do we do?
• Ethology
• Comparative cognition
• Animal welfare
The 3Rs Principle
• Replacement
• Reduction
• Refinement
Refinement
• Housing
• Protocols
Sources of information
EuprimNet (www.euprim-net.eu)
NC3Rs
LAREF
Conferences, meetingsGuidelines (IPS, API…)
http://marmosetcare.com/
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• Common sense
• Know your animal!
Need for a database on 3Rs approaches on non-human primates model?
Thank you for the attention!