WORKING PARTY REPORT Recommendations for euthanasia of experimental animals: Part 2 Working party: Mrs Bryony Close (Chair), Dr Keith Banister, Dr Vera Baumans, Dr Eva-Maria Bernoth, Dr Niall Bromage, DrJohn Bunyan, Professor Dr Wolff Erhardt, Professor Paul Flecknell, Dr Neville Gregory, Professor Dr Hansjoachim Hackbarth, Professor David Morton & Mr Clifford Warwick Correspondence to: Mrs B Close, Battleborough Croft, Battleborough Lane, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, SomersetTA9 4DS, UK This document was prepared for DGXI of the European Commission to be used with Directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986, on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scienti®c purposes (No L 358, ISSN 0378-6978). It refers especially to Article 2(1) published by the European Commission in October 1995 which de®nes `humane methods of killing' as `the killing of an animal with a minimum of physical and mental suffering, depending on the species'. This is the second part of the working Contents to Part 2 party's report and comprises Section 3 of 3 Methods of euthanasia for each species the report, the list of all references group 2 cited in both parts and details of training 3.1 Fish 2 materials. The ®rst part, comprising 3.2 Amphibians 5 Sections 1 and 2 of the report together 3.3 Reptiles 8 with a reading list, was published in the 3.4 Birds 10 October 1996 issue of Laboratory Animals 3.5 Rodents 14 (30: 293±316). Reprints combining both 3.6 Rabbits 17 parts of the report will be available 3.7 Carnivores: dogs, cats, ferrets 20 from Mrs S E Wolfensohn, Supervisor of 3.8 Large mammals: pigs, sheep, Veterinary Services, University of goats, cattle, horses 23 Oxford, Veterinary Services, c/o 3.9 Non-human primates 25 University Laboratory of Physiology, 3.10 Other animals not commonly Parks Road, Oxford OXI 3PT, UK used for experiments 26 (Tel: +44(0)1865-272545, References 26 Fax: +44(0)1865-272118, Email:
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