Lifting the veil: finding common groundProceedings of the ANZCCART Conference held in Christchurch, New Zealand, 18–19 August 2003 The links are all to pdfs of the Proceedings Opening and welcome Hon. Lockwood Smith Session 1: Animal research—where has it got us?How do we measure the cost/benefit of animal research—are we kidding ourselves? Dr Tim Kuchel Ruminant models for vaccine development Professor Frank Griffin New developments in the treatment of heart disease Dr Vicky Cameron Session 2 Animal research—unveiling the process?Lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding animal experimentation Sue Kedgley The Animal Welfare Act 1999: structure, science and statistics Linda Carsons, A. C. David Bayvel and Kate Hellström-Park 1999 plus 4 Wyn Hoadley United Kingdom perspective on animals, ethics and statistics Dr Norman Burton Animal research and teaching statistics –the Australian experience Dr Deborah Kelly Hot topics in the United States regulatory environment Dr Lynn Anderson Session 3 Behind the statistics—grades of manipulationCam Reid Oration: What have we learned from animal experiments about mothers and babies Professor Jane Harding When is a manipulation not a manipulation? Neil Wells Public attitudes to animal research Professor Grahame Coleman Session 4 Behind the statistics—unveiling the numbersCan we do cancer research without animals? Professor Bruce Baguley Marine biotoxin testing in New Zealand: a new direction Catherine Seamer and Phil Busby Animal conservation research Donald Newman Ethics of scientific whaling: issues and alternatives Associate Professor Scott Baker and Professor Phillip Clapham Learning from an animal equivalent of a human neurogenerative disease: Batten disease in sheep Dr David Palmer Impacts of pests and their management in New Zealand: possums and fertility control Dr Doug Eckery New technologies, scientific outcomes and animal use in studying cardiovascular disease Associate Professor Simon Malpas and Phillipa Malpas Session 5 Finding common groundOpen sessionSession 6 Pressing concernsAnimal experimentation in New Zealand —the three "buts" Dr Michael Morris The role of diet in the Three Rs Dr Graham Tobin Strategies for enhancing animal welfare in the commercial production of rodents Dr Marilyn Brown Current and future issues regarding the use of animals in research Dr Norman Burton |