Postgraduate Student Profile

Claire RichardsonClaire Richardson

Tel: 0191 222 5941
Fax: 0191 222 8688
Email: claire.richardson@ncl.ac.uk
 Institute for Neuroscience
Henry Wellcome Building
Medical School
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH

Research Interests

I am a laboratory animal veterinarian with an interest in developing objective techniques for assessing animal welfare.

Project

Refining research procedures by assessing the welfare  of laboratory rodents

My project has been funded by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare/3Rs Liaison Group and Solvay Pharmaceuticals. In this project I will develop a multi-faceted approach for non-invasively assessing the welfare of laboratory rodents in order to minimise negative impact of research procedures.

Publications

  • Coulter CA, Flecknell PA, Richardson CA. (2009). Reported analgesic administration to rabbits, pigs, sheep, dogs and non-human primates undergoing experimental surgical procedures. Laboratory Animals. 43: 232-238.
  • Stokes EL, Flecknell PA, Richardson CA (2009). Reported analgesic and anaesthetic administration to rodents undergoing experimental surgical procedures. Laboratory Animals. 43: 149-153.
  • Leach MC, Allweiler S, Richardson C, Roughan JV, Narbe R, Flecknell PA (2009). Behavioural effects of ovariohysterectomy and oral administration of meloxicam in laboratory housed rabbits. Research in Veterinary Science. 87: 336-47.
  • Richardson C, Flecknell P (2009). Anaesthesia and Analgesia. In: BSAVA Manual of Rodents and Ferrets. BSAVA Publishing, Quedgeley.63-72
  • Wright-Williams SL, Courade J-P, Richardson CA, Roughan JV, Flecknell PA. (2007). Effects of vasectomy surgery and meloxicam treatment on faecal corticosterone and behaviour in two strains of laboratory mouse. Pain. 130, 108-118.
  • Richardson CA, Niel L, Leach MC, Flecknell PA (2007). Evaluation of the
    efficacy of a novel pain assessment device, the Pain Gauge, for measuring post-operative pain in rats. Laboratory animals. 41, 46-54.
  • Flecknell PA, Richardson CA, Popovic A (2007). Laboratory Animals. In:Lumb and Jones Veterinary Anaesthesia, 4th edition, ed. W.J. Tranquilli, JC Thurmon and KA Grimm. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 765-784.
  • Hill PB, Lo A, Eden CAN, Huntley S, Morey V, Ramsey S, Richardson C, Smith DJ, Sutton C, Taylor MD, Thorpe E, Tidmarsh R, Williams V. (2006). Survey of the prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of dermatological conditions in small animals in general practice. Veterinary Record. 158, 533-539.
  • Richardson CA, Flecknell PA (2006). A pictorial guide to the routine neutering of rabbits and rodents. In Practice, 28, 70-79.
  • Richardson CA, Flecknell PA (2005). Anaesthesia and post-operative analgesia following experimental surgery in laboratory rodents: are wemaking progress? ATLA, 33, 119-127.