Three Rs Award – for excellence in the humane use of animals in research, teaching and testing: awarded by the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee to Dr Mark Oliver from Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland
Citation: The concept of the ‘Three Rs’, from which the Award takes its name, is to replace live animal subjects, reduce the number of animals used and refine experimental techniques to minimise pain and distress.
This year’s Three Rs Award goes to Dr Mark Oliver, a senior research fellow at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, for his work in refining indoor sheep housing for physiological studies. The initiatives undertaken by Dr Oliver have resulted in improved welfare and animal suitability for experimentation, the reduction of inter-animal variability and an overall reduction in animal use.
