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

General Resources

• Guidelines Studies of Wild Animals in or from Natural Settings (PDF)
• 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
• Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal online issues
• American Veterinary Medical Association's Guidelines on Euthanasia 2013 (PDF)

Fish Resources

• American Fisheries Society Guidelines for Use of Fish in Research (PDF)
• A suite of online fish-related resources
• Fish Euthanasia: Review

Wildlife Resources

• American Society of Mammalogists Guidelines for use of Mammals in Research (PDF)
• Ornithological Council Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
  

Amphibian Resources

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research (PDF)