 Off Campus Links
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CENTRAL DIRECTORIES
NetVet Veterinary Resources
Provides information and links to a wide variety of veterinary and animal welfare/nights related topics including careers, specialties, associations, electronic publications, government resources and commercial organizations. It also provides a local search engine. Most of the sites listed below can be located through
NetVet.
Electronic Zoo
Contains much of the same information as NetVet but with additional emphasis on a variety of animal species.
IACUC Resources
Provides bookmarks for a great many sites of interest to IACUC members.
ALTERNATIVES
The Johns Hopkins University's Center for
Alternatives to Animal Testing
The Johns Hopkins
University's Alternatives to Animal Testing on the Web
Sites for news, information, discussion, and resources from the field of alternatives to animal testing. Intended to foster the development of scientifically
acceptable in vitro and other alternatives to animal testing. Alternatives are defined as methods which reduce animal use, replace whole animal tests, or refine existing tests by minimizing animal distress.
European Center for Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
An institute developed to validate methods and strategies to reduce or replace the use of live animals in laboratory studies. Sponsors a variety of activities and publications in support of this mission.
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
An organization advocating the Three Rs approach to reducing the number of animals used in research. Supports a variety of research programs, legislative and regulatory reform , information services, public education and publications in support of these aims.
Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives
Provides audiovisual alternatives to laboratory animals in teaching
Scientists' Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW)
A non-profit, educational association of individuals and institutions whose mission is to promote humane care, use and management of animals involved in research, testing or education in laboratory, agricultural, wildlife or other settings. They sponsor conferences, workshops, seminars and a variety of publications in support of these goals.
UC Center for Animal Alternatives
Serves the animal care community of the University of California's nine campuses and laboratories,
focusing mainly on alternatives in education and the issues surrounding the third R, Refinement. It also acts as a referral service, providing information on how best to search for required information
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Animals, Services
B&K Universal Ltd.
Provides a variety of laboratory animals including genetically altered rodents. Also provides containment caging and equipment, feeds and bedding.
Charles River Laboratories
Many different small inbred and outbred small animal species, mostly rodents. Some large animal species. SPF eggs. Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. Diagnostic products and services. Contract research services. Endotoxin test reagents. Medical device testing.
Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc
Over 240 stocks and strains of laboratory animals. Custom monoclonal and polyclonal antibody production and immunological reagents. Surgical and contract services. Animal diets for rodents and other laboratory animals. Flexible film isolators and other containment systems.
Jackson Laboratory
Over 2300 strains of mice including inbred, hybrid and wild mice and mice with genetic alterations. Information on mouse genome.
Taconic
Offers a variety of inbred and outbred mice and rats, genetically altered animal models, specialized breeding, genotyping and surgical services, and customized monoclonal antibody production.
Zivic Laboratories, Inc.
Sprague-Dawley rats. Timed pregnant. Many rodent surgical procedures and custom prepared tissues and organs.
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Equipment, Diets
Allentown Caging Equipment Company, Inc.
Produces and provides superior quality caging and related animal care products.
Alza Corporation
Develops new drug delivery technologies to provide controlled drug delivery. Makes the ALZET osmotic pumps.
Braintree Scientific, Inc.
Provides a vanety of often hard to find equipment for use in animal research.
Edstrom Industries, Inc.
Makes automated watering systems and environmental monitoring systems for the animal vivarium.
Fine Science Tools
Provides quality European microsurgical instruments at a reasonable price. Includes instruments of innovative, original designs, created to meet animal research scientists' special needs.
Fisher Scientific
Provides a wide variety of products and services for laboratory use.
Harlan Teklad Laboratory Animal Diets
Provides high quality diets for a variety of laboratory animals. Will make specialized research diets.
Henry Schein, Inc.
Provides a wide variety of veterinary as well as medical and dental equipment.
Lab Animal Buyers' Guide
This guide contains address information, along with a listing of the products and services of more than 500 companies in the laboratory animal science marketplace.
Lab Products, Inc.
Manufactures and markets an extensive line of animal care and housing equipment. Includes routine animal caging to highly sophisticated environmental control systems.
Pel Freez Biologicals
Provides a wide variety of frozen organs, tissues, whole blood, sera, plasma, proteins, tissue extracts, etc.
PMI Nutrition International
Provides diets for a variety of laboratory animal species. Publishes the Animal Diet Reference Guide giving information on feeding requirements of different species and feed analysis charts giving the chemical composition of the major products. Will also
formulate custom diets.
ETHICS/HUMANE ASSOCIATIONS AND RESOURCES
Americans for Medical Progress Educational Foundation (AMPEF)
Through newspaper and magazine articles, broadcast debates and public education materials, AMP exposes the disinformation of the animal rights movement and serves as the premiere public advocate for research involving animals.
Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA)
Provides information on institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) functions.
Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR)
Promotes public understanding and support of the ethical use of animals in scientific and medical research. Provides information to the public concerning the benefits of using animals in biomedical research
IACUC.org
Provides information on institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) functions.
National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
Dedicated to advocating sound public policy that recognizes the vital role of humane animal use in biomedical research, higher education and product safety testing.
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
A national nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the medical and legal professions, industry and the public about the ethical, legal, and policy dimensions of appropriate and ethical research. Provides an extensive series of conference proceedings and educational materials.
Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW)
Provides information, workshops and publications regarding the appropriate care and use of laboratory, agricultural, wild and zoo animals.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Animal Care Unit APHIS
Responsible for implementing the animal welfare program and ensuring compliance with the AWA. Provides links to information on Animal Care regulations and Policy, newsletters, fact sheets and AWA regulated facilities.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Provides links to APHIS' animal welfare activities to ensure the humane care of animals used in research via the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), the AWA, and . information obtainable under the Freedom of Information Act. The latter includes USDA inspection reports on research facilities.
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Division of Comparative Medicine
This site provides information on the Comparative Medicine area on NCRR. Information on giants, cooperative agreements and contracts available to support primate research, development of animal models, and research projects and postdoctoral training in laboratory animal medicine is given. Links to Comparative Medicine Resources Directory and Comparative Medicine publications are also provided.
Office for the Human Research Protections
Maintains information on federal policies, laws, and regulation regarding human and animal health and welfare in biomedical research
GUIDELINES, REGULATIONS, LAWS
Report of the
AVMA Panel on Euthanasia 2000
Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and Regulations
Guidelines for Use of Fishes in Research
Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research
Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (1996)
Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals
Developed by an ILAR Committee of the NRC, this book identifies principles for an effective program to protect the health and safety of the people who care for or use research animals. It is expected that these guidelines will be used in conjunction with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals in evaluating animal programs.
PHS
Policy Index
The Office of
Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), formerly the OPRR Division of Animal
Welfare, has addressed selected provisions of the PHS Policy on Humane
Care and Use of Laboratory Animals in a number of published articles, in OPRR
Reports (also known as "Dear Colleague" letters), and in
notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This index may be used
to identify and access guidance by subject matter.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
Established by the United States Congress in 1986 with the mandate to acquire and disseminate information on alternatives and improved methodologies for the humane care, use, and handling of all animals in research, testing, and education. The Center provides a variety of information and referral services, including computerized literature searching, expert referral, document delivery, and the acquisition, production, and maintenance of materials pertinent to the topic of animal welfare.
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
Provides guidelines and information on the scientific, technological and ethical use of animals and related biological resources in research, testing and education. Provides Web access to, among other things, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals.
National Agricultural Library (NAL)
Home to the Animal Welfare Information Center. Supports AGRICOLA database. Provides links to a variety of on line services.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP)
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
PUBLICATIONS
Comparative Medicine
Contemporary Topics
ILAR Journal
Lab Animal
Laboratory Animals
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