Useful Web Sites

USEFUL WEBSITES

Federal Regulations/Information:

Animal Welfare Information Center Home Page

http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/

A lot of use useful guides under “Publications,” (http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/awicdocs.htm). Title examples: “Anesthesia & Analgesia for Farm Animals,” “Information Resources for Livestock and Poultry Handling and Transport,” Information Resources for Amphibians, Fish & Reptiles Used in Biomedical Research”

Animal Welfare Act, Regulations and Standards

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/publications.html

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Animal Care Policy Manual

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/polmanpdf.html

Policy #11 from above manual lists discusses painful/distressful procedures. IMPORTANT and helpful information for use when filling out UMaine’s IACUC form.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/downloads/policy/policy11.pdf

Policy #12 from above manual explains the written narrative for alternatives to painful procedures that is required if the pain is more than momentary or slight. IMPORTANT and helpful information for use when filling out UMaine’s IACUC form.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/downloads/policy/policy12.pdf

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm

Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm

Guidelines:

1996 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals:

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/

AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia:

Revised 2007; these guidelines set the standards for euthanasia practices. PHS Policy incorporates these guidelines by reference.

http://www.avma.org/resources/euthanasia.pdf

1999 Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Teaching and Research (Ag Guide)

(PDF files)

Guidance Concerning Use of Carbon Dioxide for Euthanasia of Small Animals

The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare has issued PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals guidance to Assured institutions clarifying current requirements regarding the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a euthanasia agent for small laboratory animals. Guidance regarding prompt reporting of related serious noncompliance is included. The guidance is contained in a July 17, 2002 notice published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (OD-02-062), and posted at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-062.html.

Status of Clove Oil and Eugenol for Anesthesia of Fish

The Food and Drug Administration issued this information regarding the use of clove oil and its components for the anesthesia of fish: http://www.fda.gov/cvm/guidance/guide150.pdf.

American Society of Mammologists:

http://www.mammalsociety.org/

Guidelines for the Capture, Handling, and Care of Mammals (updated June 2007) mammalogy guidelines.pdf

Amphibians and Reptiles, Recommendations for the Care of:

http://netvet.wustl.edu/species/REPTILES/POUGH.TXT

A Code of Practice, prepared by the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF) to provide guidelines for use by anyone conducting fieldwork at amphibian breeding sites or in other aquatic habitats.

http://www.fws.gov/ventura/es/protocols/dafta.pdf

Database on Refinement of Housing and Handling Conditions and Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Animals (Rodents, Rabbits, Cats, Dogs, Ferrets, Farm Animals, Horses, Birds, Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles)

http://www.awionline.org/Lab_animals/biblio/refine.htm

Definition of Pain and Distress and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Animals (Proceedings of the workshop held on June 22, 2000, Committee on Regulatory Issues in Animal Care and Use, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research)

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072913/html/

Guidelines for Use of Fishes in Field Research

http://www.fisheries.org/afs/publicpolicy/guidelines2004.pdf

Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research

http://www.asih.org/files/hacc-final.pdf

Institute for Lab Animal Research: On-line Journals

http://dels.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarhome/index.shtml.

Methods and Welfare Considerations in Behavioral Research with Animals (NIMH)

The National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) has created a handbook, Methods and Welfare Considerations in Behavioral Research with Animals, to assist the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) in the evaluation of protocols that employ various means to manipulate the behavior and health of laboratory animals. The handbook may be useful to the researcher who is considering different methodologies for behavioral experiments. The report contains chapters on manipulation of access to food or fluids; experimental enclosures/physical restraint; pharmacological studies; aversive stimuli; social variables; ethological approaches; and teaching with animals.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/researchfunding/animals.cfm

Scientists Center for Animal Welfare:

http://www.scaw.com/

Wild Birds in Research, Guidelines to the Use of:

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/GuideToUse/

Zebrafish Information Network:

http://zfin.org/

More Links:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/links.htm

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/outline.htm

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