National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).
Guidelines for refinement of procedures on the use of food and fluid control in behavioral neuroscience experiments with macaques.
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).
Guidelines for refinement of procedures on the use of food and fluid control in behavioral neuroscience experiments with macaques.
National Institutes of Health. Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU).
Guidelines for the proper use of diet control in behavioral studies in which the investigator must control food or fluid consumption.
National Research Council.
Discussion of food and fluid regulation starts on page 49.
National Institutes of Health (NIH). Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW).
OLAW prepared Position Statements in response to public concerns after Adoption of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition.
See also OLAW FAQ: May investigators restrict animals’ food and fluid?
Association of Primate Veterinarians.
These guidelines were developed "...to provide information to researchers, veterinarians and institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) on how to approach fluid regulation in a manner consistent with animal health and welfare while not compromising data collection."