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Animal Care Regulations and Policies
- PowerPoint Presentation on your role and responsibilities
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Animal Welfare Requirements
- PHS Animal Welfare Policy for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, which ESF's IACUC uses. (Scroll down to read for free. Chapters 1-3 are applicable to you.)
- USDA Pain Levels categories will be needed to complete your protocol application
Animal Care Resources
- USDA Animal Welfare Information Center
- Many useful links from Virginia Tech's IACUC
- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Animal Welfare clearinghouse (also useful for import/export of animals)
- NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
- American Veterinary Medical Association's Guidelines on Euthanasia (PDF)
- American Society of Mammalogists Guidelines for use of Mammals in Research (PDF)
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Guidelines Studies of Wild Animals in or from Natural Settings (PDF)
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research (PDF)
- Ornithological Council Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
- American Fisheries Society Guidelines for Use of Fish in Research (PDF)
- A suite of online fish-related resources
- Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal online issues
