FIU Policies for Animal Care and Use
What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals
Animal Welfare Act (Public Law 89-544 as amended)
U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training,
Developed by IRAC and endorsed by the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 1985
Public Health Service Act (Public Law 99-158, 1985)
Guide for the Care and Use of Lab Animals, 1996
AVMA
Guidelines on Euthanasia (2007)
Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals
(2009)
General Sources- "Enabling Acronyms"
AALAC : Association for Accreditation and Assessment of Laboratory Animal Care International
AALAS : American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
AWA - Animal Welfare Act
ILAR : Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
NIH : Office of Animal Care and Use
OPRR : Animal Welfare Division
USDA : Animal Welfare Information Center
Taxon-specific References
Fishes:
Guidelines for Use of Fishes in Field Research
Amphibians and Reptiles: Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field
and Laboratory Research
Birds: Guide to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
Mammals: Acceptable Field Methods in Mammalogy: Preliminary Guidelines Approved by the American Society of Mammalogists
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