«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!