American Psychological Association Committee on Animal Research
and Ethics (1994).Guidelines for ethical conduct in the
care and use of animals.
Available at
http://www.apa.org/science/anguide.html
Descriptors: justification of research, personnel, care
and housing of animals, acquisition of animals, experimental procedures,
euthanasia, field research, educational use of animals.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, The
Herpetologists' League, and Society for the Study of Amphibians
and Reptiles (1997).Guidelines for use of live amphibians
and reptiles in field research. Charleston, South Carolina:
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
Descriptors: general considerations, IACUCs, collecting,
restraint and handling, marking, housing and maintenance at field
sites, disposition following studies, references.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American
Fisheries Society, and American Institute of Fisheries Research
Biologists (1988). Guidelines for use of fishes in field research.
Fisheries 13(2): 16-23.
NAL call number: SH1.F54
Descriptors: general considerations, IACUCs, collecting,
restraint and handling, marking, housing and maintenance at field
sites, disposition following studies, references.
American Society of Mammalogists Animal Care and Use Committee
(1998). Guidelines for the capture, handling, and care of
mammals as approved by the American Society of Mammalogists.
Journal of Mammalogy 79(4): 1416-1431.
Available at
http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/commanimalcareuse/98acucguidelines.PDF
NAL call number: 410 J823
Descriptors: background and history, field work in mammalogy,
why mammalogists collect specimens, what is an adequate sample,
sampling in threatened habitats, compliance with laws and regulations,
methods for collecting specimens, live-trapping and netting,
kill- trapping and shooting, methods for sampling tissues from
live animals, responsibility for dependent offspring, social
interactions, methods of euthanasia, methods for marking and
tracking, holding and transporting captive animals, maintenance
of wild-caught individuals in captivity, releasing previously
captured live animals, health precautions.
Brown, M.J., P.T. Pearson, and F.N. Tomson (1993). Guidelines
for animal surgery in research and teaching. AVMA Panel on Animal
Surgery in Research and Teaching, and the ASLAP (American Society
of Laboratory Animal Practitioners). American Journal
of Veterinary Research 54 (9): 1544-1559.
NAL call number: 41.8 Am38
Descriptors: anesthesia standards , intraoperative care standards,
postoperative care standards preoperative care standards, research
methods, surgery, education, veterinary standards.
Canadian Council on Animal Care (1999). CCAC guidelines
on: Choosing an appropriate endpoint in experiments using animals
for research, teaching, and testing: Guiding principles. Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada: Canadian Council on Animal Care.
Available at
http://www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GDLINES/ENDPTS/APPOPEN.HTM
Descriptors: animal observation, significant indicators
of pain and distress, scoring significant behavioral and physiological
observations to set endpoints, pilot studies to determine appropriate
endpoint, determining frequency of observations, defining responsibility
for observations, training personnel in clinical animal observations,
role of the IACUC, monoclonal antibody production, cancer research,
toxicology, pain research, infectious disease studies, vaccine
trials, animal models with potential for significant levels of
pain and distress, species specific signs of pain and distress,
information sources, understanding normal animal behavior, recognition
and assessment of pain and distress, laboratory animals, fish,
farm animals, examples of observational checklists used to determine
endpoints.
Canadian Council on Animal Care (1999). CCAC guidelines
on: institutional animal user training. Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada: Canadian Council on Animal Care.
Available at
http://www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GDLINES/NIAUT/NIAUTCOV.HTM
Descriptors: philosophy of an animal user training program,
course design, resource material, access to the training program,
performance evaluation, recommended syllabus for an institutional
animal user training program.
Canadian Council on Animal Care (1997). CCAC guidelines
on: animal use protocol review, 1997. Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada: Canadian Council on Animal Care.
Available at
http://www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GDLINES/PROTOCOL/PROTGDE.HTM
Descriptors: general principles, potential benefit of
the research, replacement alternatives, animal model selection,
reduction of animal use/numbers, refinement of experimental technique,
setting endpoints, physical restraint, invasive/stressful procedures,
euthanasia, hazardous materials, teaching protocols, wildlife
field studies, reading list.
Canadian Council on Animal Care (1997). CCAC guidelines
on: transgenic animals, 1997. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:
Canadian Council on Animal Care.
Available at
http://www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GDLINES/TRANSGEN/TRANSGE1.HTM
Descriptors: methods used for production, investigator
and animal care committee responsibilities, education, proposals
to create new strains, proposals to use existing strains, accounting,
containment, other regulations, reading list.
DeNardo, D. (1995). Amphibians as laboratory animals.
ILAR Journal 37(4): 173-181.
NAL call number: QL55 A1I43
Descriptors: overview of species, anurans, frogs, salamanders,
caecilians, vendors, captive breeding, field collection, importation,
shipping, animal welfare regulations and policies, husbandry
and housing, caging, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning,
lighting, diet, water quality, sanitation, maintenance in the
field, safety considerations, toxins, zoonoses, use in research,
identification techniques, cage numbering, pattern marking, toe-clipping,
tattooing and dye injecting, branding, tagging, transponder implantation,
anesthesia--chemical, gas, hypothermia, surgery, euthanasiaphysical
and chemical methods.
DeTolla, L.J., S. Srinivas, B.R. Whitaker, C. Andrews, B.
Hecker, A.S. Kane, and R. Reimschuessel (1995). Guidelines
for the care and use of fish in research. ILAR Journal
37(4): 159-173.
NAL call number: QL55 A1I43
Descriptors: principal investigator, animal care personnel, IACUC
members, overview of current uses of fish in research and commerce,
marine and freshwater species used in research, factors to consider
when determining choice of species, vendors, ease of maintenance,
space, sources of fish, state and federal permits and licenses,
summary of applicable animal welfare laws and guidelines, developing
procedures for housing, husbandry, and breeding, centralized
facilities, construction materials, water quality, diet, temperatures,
illumination, pH, salinity, alkalinity, and hardness, dissolved
oxygen, nitrogen, artificial sea water, shipping, acclimation,
quarantine, research laboratories, dangerous aquatic animals
and safety conditions, traumatogenic animals, venomous fish,
electrogenic animals, zoonoses, examples of uses of species in
biomedical research, anesthesia, analgesia, and euthanasia--overview
of available agents, IACUC protocol review.
Federation of Animal Sciences Societies (1999). Guide for
the care and use of agricultural animals in agricultural research
and teaching. Savoy, Illinois: Federation of Animal Sciences
Societies, 120 p.
NAL call number: QL55 G8 1999
Descriptors: institutional policies, general guidelines for animal
husbandry, animal health care, physical plant, beef cattle husbandry,
dairy cattle husbandry, horse husbandry, poultry husbandry, sheep
and goat husbandry, swine husbandry, veal calf husbandry, zoonotic
diseases, anesthesia and analgesia, euthanasia, organizations.
Gaunt, A.S., L.S. Oring, K.P. Able, D.W. Anderson, L.F. Baptista,
J.C. Barlow, and J.C. Wingfield (1999). Guidelines to the
use of wild birds in research. Washington, D.C.: The Ornithological
Council.
Available at
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/GuideToUse/index.html
Descriptors: IACUCs, permits, investigator impact, collecting
and trapping, marking, transport, housing and captive breeding,
major and minor manipulative procedures, anesthesia, euthanasia,
code of ethics.
Greene, H.W. (1995). Nonavian reptiles as laboratory animals.
ILAR Journal 37(4): 182-186.
NAL call number: QL55 A1I43
Descriptors: overview of species, composition, characteristics,
and uses in research, species availability, vendors, captive
breeding, field collection, shipping, husbandry and housing,
heating, ventilation, lighting, air conditioning, diet, sanitation,
safety considerations, toxins and other weaponry, zoonoses, identification
techniques, anesthesia, euthanasia, surgery, animal welfare regulations
and policies, behavioral complexity, ethical issues.
Guiding Principles for the Care and Use of Animals in the
Field of Physiological Sciences (1990). Journal of the
Physiological Society of Japan 52(1): 27-29.
NAL call number: QP1.N5
Descriptors: human, animal welfare, research, ethics, ACUC.
Health Canada (1996). Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines.
Ottawa, Ontario: Health Protection Branch, Laboratory Centre
for Disease Control.
Available at
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ols-bsl/lbg-ldmbl/index.html
NAL call number: QH321.L33 1996
Descriptors: introduction, containment of biohazards,
regulations, classification of biological agents according to
risk, physical containment levels, large scale production of
microorganisms, laboratory design, safety equipment, safety cabinets,
fume hoods, filtration systems, bibliography, glossary.
Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life
Sciences, National Research Council (1996). Guide for the
Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 7th Ed. Washington,
D.C.: National Academy Press, 125p.
Available at
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/
NAL call number: SF406.G95 1996.
Abstract: Incorporates recent research on commonly used species, including
farm animals. Covers institutional policies and responsibilities,
animal environment, husbandry, and management, veterinary care,
and physical plant.
Descriptors: alternatives, laboratory animals, U.S. Public Health
Service, laboratories, animal husbandry, veterinary care.
Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (1991). Education
and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide
for Developing Institutional Programs. National Academy
of Sciences, Committee on Educational Programs in Laboratory
Animal Science, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 139 pp.
NAL call number: SF604.E3
Descriptors: laboratory animals, animal welfare, training, bibliography.
Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (1990). Guia
Para el Cuidado y uso de Animales de Laboratorio. Revisada en
1985. Translation of: Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals NIH publication no. 90-23S. Committee
on Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland:
National Institutes of Health, 83 pp.
NAL call number: SF406.G8 1990
Descripciones: animales del laboratorio, bienestar de animales,
entrenimiento, bibliografia.
Jackson, L.R. and J.G. Fox (1995). Institutional policies
and guidelines on adjuvants and antibody production. ILAR
Journal 37(3): 141-152.
NAL call number: QL55 A1I43
Descriptors: summary of policies from 30 facilities in the United
States, monoclonal antibodies, selection of animals, immunization
protocols, priming agents, inoculation of hybridoma cells, abdominal
paracentesis, clinical observations, alternatives, polyclonal
antibodies, selection of animals, antigen preparation, antigen-adjuvant
emulsions, Freund's adjuvants and alternatives, injection site
selection and preparation, routes, volumes, and sites of administration,
post-injection observations, blood collection, restraint, institutional
resources, personnel safety.
Jackson, R.K. (1997). Unusual laboratory rodent species:
Research uses, care and associated biohazards. ILAR Journal
38(1): 13-21.
NAL call number: QL55 A1I43
Descriptors: wild rodent species, voles, deer mice, cotton rats,
ground squirrels, trumpet- tailed rats or degus, multimammate
rat, woodchucks, uses in research, special husbandry considerations,
potential zoonoses and biohazards.
National Institutes of Health (1992). Using Animals
in Intramural Research, Guidelines for Investigators.
Bethesda, Maryland: NIH Animal Care and Use Committee.
NAL call number: HV4928.U84 1992.
Descriptors: laboratory animals, animal experimentation, animal
welfare.
National Institutes of Health (1994). Using Animals
in Intramural Research, Guidelines for Investigators and Guidelines
for Animal Users. Bethesda, Maryland: NIH Animal Research
Advisory Committee, Office of Animal Care and Use.
NAL call number: HV4928.U85 1994.
Descriptors: animal experimentation, laboratory animals, animal
welfare, federal guidelines.
National Institutes of Health (1992). Institutional
Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook, NIH Publication no.
92-3415.Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
NAL call number: HV4764.I58 1992.
Descriptors: laboratory animals, animal experimentation, animal
welfare.
Pough, H. (1992). Recommendations for the care of amphibians
and reptiles in academic institutions. Washington, D.C.:
National Academy Press.
Available at
http://netvet.wustl.edu/species/reptiles/pough.txt
Descriptors: research and teaching, biology, physical
environment, biological environment, marking, breeding, environmental
conditions, medical care, health precautions for release of animals,
health precautions for caretakers.
Rehg, J.E. and L.A. Toth (1998). Rodent quarantine programs:
Purpose, principles, and practice. Laboratory Animal Science
48(5): 438-447.
NAL call number: 410.9 P94
Descriptors: animal health assessment, likelihood of dispersion
of microorganisms of interest throughout the quarantine population
during the quarantine period, interval necessary for exposed
rodents to undergo seroconversion or for microorganisms to reach
detectable numbers, principles of an effective program, passive
vs active programs, confidence level of detection, risk of infection,
cost, scientific considerations, type of caging, type of secondary
enclosure, sentinel exposure method, target organisms, quarantine
programs in practice, overview of program at St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital, vendor specifications, sources of infection
for rodents.
Secord, D.C. and H.C. Rowsell (1974). Proper use of animals
in schools: An educational program. Canadian Veterinary
Journal 15(2):42-47.
NAL call number: 41.8 R3224
Descriptors: biology programs, animal care, guidelines, ACUC.
Stokes, W.S. and D.J.B. Jensen (1995). Guidelines for institutional
animal care and use committees: consideration of alternatives.
Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 34 (3):51-55,
58-60.
NAL call number: SF405.5.A23.
Descriptors: animal testing alternatives, committees, guidelines,
information services, training, regulations.
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