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	Open and Transparent Regulation: 2007 Statistics on Animal Research in the UK

Cover of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
National Research Council.
Provides information that will enhance animal well-being, the quality of biomedical research, and the advancement of biologic knowledge that is relevant to humans or animals. A Spanish version is also available online.

Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals
National Research Council. Institute for Laboratory Animal Research.
This 2008 book discusses current scientific and ethical issues associated with stress and distress in laboratory animals.

Animal Welfare Regulations
Government Printing Office.
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 9, Chapter 1, Subchapter A - Animal Welfare:

Part 1 Definition of Terms

Part 2 Regulations

Part 3 Standards

Part 4 Rules of Practice

Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals
University of Newcastle.
Tutorials and resources for guidance in recognizing signs of health and good welfare and identifying signs of pain, distress and poor welfare in laboratory animals.

Guidelines to Promote the Wellbeing of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes: The Assessment and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Research Animals
Australian Government. National Health and Medical Research Council.
Published in 2008 to be used by investigators and members of insitutional ethics committees in Australia, this document is also relevant to people that conduct, review or manage research with animals all over the world.

Newcastle Consensus Meeting on Carbon Dioxide Euthanasia of Laboratory Animals, February 2006 (PDF|123KB)
In February 2006 a meeting was held at the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom to bring together scientists who have examined CO2 as a euthanasia agent.

Animal Ethics InfoLink
This Australian Web site provides links to information for researchers, teachers and members of Animal Ethics Committees (similar to IACUCs) about accreditation and licensing, the 3Rs, and education and training as well as guidelines on a range of issues including animal care, animal supply, and procedures such as blood collection and wildlife research.

Resources Today for the Research of Tomorrow
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
Watch this short video to learn more about the Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC). The video is 12 minutes long and was produced in 1989.

The Ethics of Research Involving Animals
Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
This report is available in full and as a summary on the site. The working group raised moral and ethical questions regarding the use of animals in research.

Animal Welfare Policy Statements
American Veterinary Medical Association.
Position statements covering recommendations on antimicrobial use, euthanasia, abuse, pain, and other important animal welfare concerns.

Methods and Welfare Considerations in Behavioral Research with Animals, 2002
DHHS. National Institutes of Health.
This handbook is intended to assist the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) in the evaluation of protocols that employ various means to manipulate the behavior and health of laboratory animals.

Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
National Institutes of Health. Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Includes the U.S. 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, "Animals in Research," November 20, 1985), which provides the statutory mandate for the PHS Policy.

Regulatory Testing and Animal Welfare
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research.
This collection of journal articles discusses best practices and animal welfare issue in regards to regulatory testing and toxicology test methods.

NIH Animal Research Advisory Committee (ARAC) Guidelines
National Institutes of Health. Office of Animal Care and Use.
Includes guidelines fon preparing annual reports as well as on the housing and care of animals.

	The 2009 AAALAC International Conference on Quality Animal Care Mar 29, 2009 - San Diego, CA

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