AIMS

With the refinement grant, we intend to develop, evaluate, implement, and publish score sheets for individuals and groups of fish. With the support of all fish labs of the University of Bern, the Experimental Animal Center (EAC) of the University of Bern, and the Institute for Laboratory Animal Science Zurich, we will (1) collect existing scoresheets from fish labs, but also from other experimental animal groups, (2) evaluate the scientific and grey literature on fish welfare assessment, and (3) retrieve information from fish facilities through visits and interviews on scorable indicators for fish welfare. We will then (4) develop and test a score sheet in several facilities and on several fish species with distinct behaviours, and (5) disseminate results.