Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Additional Information Regarding Animal Care and Use

• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NRC 1996): www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats
  
  
• Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm
  
  
• Animal Welfare Act: USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) – Animal Care:  http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm
  
  
• AWA Act information: www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/awainfo.html
  
  
• NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW): http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm
  
  
• Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC, International): http://www.aaalac.org/
  
  
• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Panel on Euthanasia: http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf
  
  
• Veteran’s Administration – VA Office of Research and Development: http://www.researchtraining.org/
  
  
• IACUC information website: www.iacuc.org
  
  
• IACUC web forum: www.scaw.com