Resources & Education

• Animal Welfare Act
  
• Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Includes the United States Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training as well as the Health Research Extension Act of 1985, Public Law 99-158, November 20, 1985 "Animals in Research"
• NIH (National Institutes of Health) Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43, June 10, 1993 "Plan for Use of Animals in Research"
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• How to Write a Grant Application
• ILAR Home - Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
• IACUC.org
• Rodent Nomenclature - Current Rules
• Animal Alternatives and Welfare: A Search Guide
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• FRAME - Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments: Alternatives to animals in research

Federal Agencies

• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
  
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Guidelines

• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 8th edition
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• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals, 2013 edition
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• Guidelines for the care and use of fish research. 1995. Detolla LJ, Srinivas S, Whitaker BR, Andrews C, Hecker B, Kane AS, Reimshuessel R. ILAR J 37:159-173.
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• Guidelines for the health and welfare monitoring of fish used in research. 2006. Johansen R, Needham JR, Colquhoun DJ, Poppe TT, Smith AJ. Lab Anim 40:323-240.
• Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Research. 2004. Use of Fishes in Research Committee. Joint publication of the American Fisheries Society, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and the American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists.
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• Guidelines of the American Society of Mammologists for the Use of Wild Mammals in Research. 2011. Gannon WL, Sikes RS, and Animal Care and Use Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists. J Mammal 92:235-253.
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