Contents

• About the Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter
  Due to the scientific and technical nature of the material in this publication, we are changing the name to the Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin (beginning with Volume 9, No.1-2).

• Handling of Crippled and Nonambulatory Livestock
  
  • Introduction
  • Discussion
    • Crippled Downer Cattle
    • Farm Management To Prevent Downed Cattle
    • Methods for Moving Downer Cows
    • Calf Handling and Marketing Problems
    • Crippled Downer Hogs
    • Farm Management To Prevent Crippled Hogs
    • Euthanasia
    • Policies at Markets and Stockyards
    • References

• Code of Federal Regulations [9CFR313.2: Handling of livestock]

• Animal Welfare Issues: Dairy
  • Introduction
  • Discussion
    • Reduction in the Quality and Quantity of Individual Attention
    • Transportation of Injured and Sick Animals to Slaughter
    • Dehorning, Castration, Identification
    • Prolonged Stanchion Tying of Cows, Especially Without Exercise
    • Tail Docking
    • Pasturing
    • Separation of Cow and Calf
    • Neglect of Unwanted Bull Calves
    • Housing
    • Failure To Use Welfare-Related Research Knowledge
    • Production-Related Susceptibility to Disease and Metabolic Disorders
  • Concerns Expressed by Animal Rights Activists
    • Separation of Cow and Calf at Birth
    • Cow Pregnant Continually
    • Longevity
    • Use of Drugs To Maintain Health, and Antibiotics as a Regular Feed Additive
    • Family Farms Being Forced Out
    • Harmful New or Prospective Technology
    • Environmental Issues
  • Outcome
  • References

• Virtual Surgery in Veterinary Medicine
  • Introduction
  • Virtual Reality
  • Medical Applications and Developments
  • The M.I.N.D. Lab

• Animal Care: Safeguarding the Welfare of America's Animals
  • Introduction
  • A United Effort
  • What to Change First
  • Less Frequent, but More Focused Inspections
  • Carrot-and-Stick Approach
  • Provide Tools to Do the Job
  • Reaching Out to Stakeholders
  • The New AC Emerges

• IACUC's and the World Wide Web

• Congress In Session

  S. 1557	H.R. 2162	H.R. 3113	H.R. 2351	S. 1180	H.R. 2911	S. 1059	S. 1150
  H.R. 3232	H.R. 3946	S. 2202	H.R. 2807	S. 2199	S. 2172	H.R. 3911	S. 1970	H. CON. RES. 286

• APHIS Regulatory Update
  • Regulation of Pocket Pets
  • USDA Amends Animal Welfare Act Wire Flooring Requirments
  • USDA Amends Animal Welfare Act Temperature Regulations
  • USDA Amends Animal Welfare Act Regulations, Adding Swim-with-the-Dolphin Requirements

• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's FOIA website

• New from AWIC
  
  • Updated Website
    
  • New Publications

• COMPASS (COMparative Adjuvant Selection System)

• AWIC Workshop: "Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act"

• Pain Management and Humane Endpoints Workshop

• Third World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences

• PorkNet

• Grants...
  • International Foundation for Ethical Research
  • Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation
  • GrantsNet
  • USDA Nonprofit Gateway
  • Pet Care Trust

• Announcements
  
  • Workshops and Conferences
    • IACUC Responsibility for Research Animal Well-being
      
    • International Conference on the Use of Humane Endpoints in Animal Experiments for Biomedical Research
      
  • Awards
    • American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Foundation Grants News
  • Resources
    • Anatomic Gift Foundation Inc. (AGF) - Human Organs and Tissues for Research
      
    • AAALAC’s Independent Evaluation of Animal Care Programs
      
    • Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animals in Research (CCAAR)
      
    • Anesthesia of Rats CD-ROM
      
    • Interactive Physiology Laboratory for Students
      
    • 3-D Anatomy Models
  • Available on the World Wide Web
    • AltaVista Translation Service
      
    • Animals in Science/Minnesota Branch of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
      
    • The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate
      
    • Animal Law
      
    • Center for Research Animal Resources (CRAR)
      
    • European Information Association
      
    • Florida State University Laboratory Animal Program
      
    • Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
      
    • Grupo de Trabajo Especializado en Métodos Alternativos (GTEMA)–Spanish Group on Alternative Methods
      
    • Sample Documents and Tutorial for Implementation of the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
      
    • Searching for Animal Welfare Information
      
    • Sources of Information About Alternatives
      
    • Zoonotic Diseases
      

• Clarification to “Alternatives to Ascites Production of Monoclonal Antibodies” published in Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter Vol. 8 No. 3-4, Winter 1997/1998.

• Correction to “Announcements” published in Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter Vol. 8 No. 3-4, Winter 1997/1998.

The Animal Welfare Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351

Phone: (301) 504-6212
FAX: (301) 504-7125
E-mail: awic@nal.usda.gov

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