Animal Research at CDC
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CDC Acts to Preserve Accreditation - Animal Care and Use Program Undergoes Serious Scrutiny
Over the past year, CDC successfully restructured its animal care and use program…
Statement from the Director: CDC Animal Care and Use
CDC is now committed to being an exemplar of excellence in animal care and use, but remains severely chastened by its past failings…
Podcast: CDC Improves Animal Care and Use Programs
In December of 2005, the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care—International, AAALAC, reported serious concerns about CDC's animal care and use program during a site visit in Atlanta. Since then, CDC completely restructured its animal care and use program to "commendable" status according to AAALAC. Doctor Tanja Popovic, Acting Chief Science Officer of the CDC, responds,- Listen to this Podcast (http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/media/mp3/animalcare.mp3)
- Watch this Podcast (http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/media/mp4/animalcare.mp4)
- Download a transcript of this Podcast (PDF, 12 KB)
Animal Research at CDC: Achieving a Delicate Balance
For many, scientific research involving the use of animals is a nagging moral question of the potential health benefits to all humans versus the treatment of the animal test subjects…
- Fact Sheet: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
CDC is now committed to being an exemplar of excellence in animal care and use, but remains severely chastened by its past failings… - Fact Sheet: CDC’s Animal Research
CDC scientists are engaged in biomedical/scientific research involving the use of animals… - Fact Sheet: Overview of Animals in Scientific Research
Research involving animals has played a vital role in virtually every major medical advance of the last century… 
Frequently Asked Questions
December 21, 2005, Letter to AAALAC- Notes for Jan. 2006 CDC Meeting with AAALAC
- February 10, 2006 Letter to CDC from AAALAC
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