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In its endeavor to harmonize European legislation since 1961 the Council of Europe has drawn up a number of international conventions in the field of animal welfare.

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de Greeve, P. (1988). Basis of the European Guidelines: Facts or Intuition?. In: Beynen, A.C., Solleveld, H.A. (eds) New Developments in Biosciences: Their Implications for Laboratory Animal Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3281-4_41

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