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Reduction
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments.
Defines the concept of reduction alternatives as any strategy that will result in less animals being used to obtain the same amount of information or in maximising the information obtained per animal. Includes links to a bibliography of resources on experimental design and relevant external web sites.
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Experimental Design and Statistics
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research.
Reduction refers to methods, such as appropriate experimental design and statistical anaylasis, which enable researchers to obtain comparable levels of information from fewer animals, or to obtain more information from the same number of animals.
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Reduction
Animal Ethics Infolink.
Information on reducing the number of animals used in experimentation through carefully designed scientific, statistically valid studies.
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Reduction by Well-Defined Objectives  (PDF|84 KB)
Alternatives to Laboratory Animals.
Presented at the Fourth World Congress on Alternatives in 2002, this paper discusses the importance of a well-thought out research strategy and appropriate use of experimental design and statistics in potentially reducing animal numbers in research.
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Reduction of Animal Use: Experimental Design and Quality of Experiments  (PDF|2.26 MB))
International Journal of Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare.
This review article examines experimental design and statistical methods in three articles from toxicological journal.
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