Welfare guidelines for the care and use of The African Claw Frog (Xenopus laevis)

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Welfare guidelines for the care and use of The African Claw Frog (Xenopus laevis)

Barney T Reed

PAGES 84 pages
PUBLISHER
EDITION 1st edition 2005
LANGUAGE English
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The purpose of this report is:

• to draw together previous research undertaken and recommendations made, in order to illustrate areas of both consensus and inconsistency;
• to highlight potential welfare and ethical concerns relating to the supply, housing and care of adult Xenopus laevisfrogs;
• to facilitate understanding of Xenopus laevis behaviour and a subsequent improved appreciation of their requirements;
• to arrive, where possible, at consensus based on available data and sound scientific argument for optimal environmental and care conditions forkeeping Xenopus laevis frogs;
• to provide some basic recommendations for improving health, welfare and egg quality, for reducing the potential for stress and suffering and possibly,the total number of animals required;
• in areas where current knowledge is sparse or inconclusive, to stimulate discussion that will enable movement towards identifying what should beregarded as ‘best practice’

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Very useful summary and source of information
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