The ARRIVE author checklist for the publication by Tilley and colleagues "Validating skin swabbing as a refined technique to collect DNA from small-bodied fish species" which investigated the effect of lidocaine treatment on fish welfare after skin swabbing. Comparing skin swabbing and fin clipping in small labotatory fish and demonstrating skin swabbing is a refinement for collecting DNA from them.
Funding
Quantifying the potential of skin swabbing as a refinement for DNA sampling of laboratory fish
National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research