Resources and Links

Government Links:

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual: Final Report on Environment Enhancement to Promote the Psychological Well-being of Nonhuman Primates

Animal Welfare Act and Regulations

Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)

Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI)

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

CDC's Biosafety pages, including Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 4^th edition

Defense Advanced Research Products Agency (DARPA)

Department of Defense

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Federal Register

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook (2nd edition 2002)

Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods - The National Toxicology Program (ICCVAM)

Monoclonal Antibody Production: A Report of the Committee on Methods of Producing Monoclonal Antibodies, Institute of Laboratory Animal Research, National Research Council

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH Office of Intramural Animal Care and Use (OACU)

NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

National Library of Medicine’s Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing

National Primate Research Centers (NPRC)

Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Uniformed University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. Navy

American Association of Veterinary Immunologists

American College of Veterinary Microbiologists

Alternatives to Animal Testing on the Web

A Primer for Research Personnel on Animal Care and Use Regulations, Center for Animal Welfare, University of California - Davis

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)

John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)

The Mouse in Science: Monoclonal Antibodies

National Academy of Science

NetVet

Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals

University of California Center for Animal Alternatives (UCCAA)

Other Animal Associations, Foundations, and Organizations:

National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)

Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR)

Academy of Surgical research (ASR)

Alternatives to Skin Irritation Testing in Animals

American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)

American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)

American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

American College of Veterinary Pathologists

American College of Veterinary Surgeons

American Committee on Laboratory Animal Diseases (ACLAD)

American Medical Association (AMA)

American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association

American Psychological Association - Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals

American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP)

American Society of Mammalogists: Guidelines for the Capture, Handling and Care of Mammals

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

Americans for Medical Progress (AMP)

Animal Health Institute (AHI)

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)

Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC International)

Association for Gnotobiotics (AG)

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

AVMA Animal Health Resources

AVMA Panel on Euthanasia

California Society for Biomedical Research (CSBR)

Federation of Animal Science Societies

Federation of American Scientists for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

Incurably Ill for Animal Research (iiFAR)

Institute for In Vitro Sciences

International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS)

International Veterinary Information Service

InterNICHE Alternatives Loan System: List of training media and devices.

isogenic.info - has two sub-webs: 15 steps in the design and statistical analysis of animal experiments, and information about isogenic strains.

Laboratory Animal Management Association (LAMA)

Laboratory Animal Science Association – UK (LASA)

Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange (LAWTE)

Laboratory Animals

Massachusetts Society for Medical Research (MSMR)

Michigan Society for Medical Research (MISMR)

Model Organisms for Biomedical Research - Mammalian and non-mammalian; Funding Opportunities.

Mouse Genome Informatics - Jackson Laboratory (MGI)

National Animal Poison Control Center

New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR)

Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR)

Ohio Scientific Education and Research Association (OSERA)

Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR)

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)

Resource Book for the Design of Animal Exercise Protocols
(Sponsored by OLAW and published by the American Physiological Society.)

Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW)

States United for Biomedical Research (SUBR)

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research

Texas Society for Biomedical Research (TSBR)

Veterinary Cancer Society

Veterinary Information Network

Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research and Education

International:

Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching - (ANZCCART)

Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science (CALAS)

CCAC - Canadian Council on Animal Care

Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CSAW), University of Guelph

European Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods

European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes

European Society of Toxicology In Vitro

Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA)

Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments

Information on Animal Alternatives Databases

National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research - United Kingdom (NC3RS)

Netherlands Center Alternatives to Animal Use

NORINA Database - Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives

Norwegian Reference Center for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives

Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science (Scand-LAS)

Spanish Group on Alternative Methods

Swedish Fund for Research without Animal Experiments

Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)