LINKS TO IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND SITES
www.ccac.ca Link to the Canadian Council on Animal Care, a source for some truly excellent animal care manuals.
www.nal.usda.gov/awic Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC): Mandated under the Animal Welfare Act, this organization is a primary source for information related to compliance with the Animal Welfare Act, documentation, alternatives to animal research, etc.. Don't look for much help on free-ranging wildlife, though.
www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awicregs.htm Link to a source for the Animal Welfare Act and Regulations. This source may give you better-formatted documents than those I posted. Also, they include more details and good documentation of the regulations.
www.aphis.usda.gov/reac Link to the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service. This is the organization that does the facility inspections, collects your annual animal usage report, and otherwise administer the Animal Welfare Act. Interestingly, they offer pdf files on "Elephant TB Control" and "Guidelines for Elephant Necropsy Protocol".
www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/new/aw.html Links to Animal Welfare documents (including the Animal Welfare Act) and other related sites.
www.aphis.usda.gov/reac/polman.html Download the USDA APHIS' "Animal Care Policy Manual".
www.utexas.edu/depts/asih/pubs/fishguide.html Source for "Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Field Research", produced by the American Society for Ichthyology and Herpetology, the American Fisheries Society, and the American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists.
www.utexas.edu/depts/asih/pubs/herpcoll.html Source for "Guidelines for the Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research", produced by the American Society for Ichthyology and Herpetology, the Herpetologist's League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. NOTE: this document is only available online!
www. nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/awicbibs.htm A great source for information and documents. Browse a long list, but be sure to download the "1993 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia". This document is the place to start to determine an acceptable means of euthanizing animals.
www.avma.org/netvet/law.htm A useful source of documents.
www2.nas.edu/ilarhome Homepage for the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR).
www.nap.edu/bookstore/isbn/0309053773.html Source for "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals". Click on "Read It" to view the document.
www.nap.edu/bookstore/isbn/0309052998.html Source for "Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals". Click on "Read It" to view the document.
www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET Source for "Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research.
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