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Meeting for members of Animal Ethics Committees

A meeting for members of Animal Ethics Committees and AEC Executive Officers was held on Wednesday 15th April 2009 at the Australian Catholic University in North Sydney.

The programme was comprehensive, with presentations and discussions on Housing Guidelines, Wildlife Research and Hot Topics for AECs: Looking beyond application approvals.

Great presentations by the keynote speakers were particularly well received. Dr Cullum Brown gave a fascinating presentation on fish welfare and A/Professor Paul McGreevy presented some illuminating insights into animal behaviour.

A copy of the programme along with presentations from the day and a summary of evaluation comments from attendees are available for download below.

It is anticipated that the next meeting for members of Animal Ethics Committees will be held in 2011.

If you have any further comments or suggestions for topics for inclusion in the next meeting, please go to Contact us for contact details.

Title	Details
Evaluation summary	116.0 kb
2009 Programme	78.0 kb
AECs dealing with high impact procedures, R Harcourt	330.8 kb
Animal housing guidelines, L Chave	211.4 kb
Behaviour techniques, P McGreevy	333.2 kb
Fish ethics, C Brown	471.4 kb
Guidelines for the housing of guinea pigs in scientific institutions, P Johnson	184.1 kb
Guidelines for the housing of mice in scientific institutions, A Fawcett	137.9 kb
Guidelines for the housing of sheep in scientific institutions, A Paul	114.3 kb
Guidelines for the marking of frogs, R Johnson	226.9 kb
Monitoring animal welfare and promoting refinement, F Doughty	296.7 kb
Monitoring wildlife research, M Gott	152.5 kb
Panel discussion - AEC and researchers, B Vanselow	160.1 kb
Panel discussion - Relationships: Researchers and AECs, S Carney	26.3 kb
Process of change - UWS in 2009, J Chuck	394.0 kb
Stress protocols, R Garsia	37.3 kb
The Ethiitex database, M France	72.6 kb
Training for wildlife researchers - the FNSW process, F Lemckert	96.1 kb