AAALAC: Resources

Information for IACUCs/OBs (comparable oversight bodies)

Below we've compiled some links of interest to IACUCs (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees) and OBs (comparable oversight bodies)...

Web sites for IACUC/OB members

IACUC.org
www.iacuc.org
OLAW tutorial
grants1.nih.gov/grants/olaw/tutorial/index.htm
Other web links for IACUCs (from OLAW)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/outline.htm
Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations, Principles and Practice in Ethical Review of Animal Experiments Across Europe
http://www.felasa.eu/recommendations/reports/principles-and-practice-in-ethical-review-of-animal-experiments-across-euro/
Animal Procedures Committee: Review of Cost-Benefit Assessment in the Use of Animals in Research
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/119027/cost-benefit-assessment.pdf

Requirements

U.S. regulations and requirements

Guides

Other guidelines and resources

AMP News Service (from Americans for Medical Progress)
http://www.amprogress.org/programs
APA - Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Animals in Research
http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/care/guidelines.aspx
AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition
https://www.avma.org/KB/Policies/Documents/euthanasia.pdf
Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs
www.nap.edu/catalog/1592.html
IACUC Talk (hosted by the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare)
www.scaw.com/iacuctalk.html
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/GuideBook.pdf
Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange
www.lawte.org
Model for Performing Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Continuing Review of Animal Research
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/contop96.htm
NABR E-Clips
(contact NABR for subscription information)
National Council of University Research Administrators
http://www.ncura.edu
NetVet's IACUC links (includes many resources and IACUCs on the Web)
http://netvet.wustl.edu/iacuc.htm
Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animal
www.nap.edu/books/0309052998/html/135.html
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm
Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm
Sample Animal Welfare Assurance, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/sampledoc/assur.htm
Society of Research Administrators
www.srainternational.org
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
www.aphis.usda.gov

Organizations hosting IACUC/Ethics Committee/Animal Care Committee-related conferences

AALAS National Meeting
www.aalas.org
PRIM&R
www.primr.org
SCAW
www.scaw.com
States United for Biomedical Research
www.statesforbiomed.org
Individual state societies: NJABR, MiSMR, NCABR, TSBR, NWABR and others

Publications

Animal Lab News
www.animallab.com
Comparative Medicine
https://www.aalas.org/publications/comparative-medicine#.ViU1036rRaQ
ILAR Journal
http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/
Lab Animal
www.nature.com/laban/index.html
Lab Animal Europe
www.labanimaleurope.eu

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