AAALAC: Accreditation

AAALAC relies on Three Primary Standards for evaluating laboratory animal care and use programs: the eighth edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide, NRC 2011); the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching (Ag Guide, FASS 2010); and the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes, Council of Europe;(ETS 123); along with other widely accepted guidelines. AAALAC International also refers to other specialty publications for supplemental information about procedures or techniques related to the care and use of laboratory animals. These specialty publications are designated as Reference Resources. Reference Resources, first established by AAALAC in 1975, are intended to serve as references and guidelines for laboratory animal care and use programs. Reference Resources are formally reviewed and adopted by the Council and assist site visitors as they evaluate animal programs. Below is a list of the reference resources utilized by Council and information on where to obtain them.

General

• AAALAC International Position Statements

• AAALAC International Frequently Asked Questions

• FELASA Guidelines: accreditation of laboratory animal diagnostic laboratories EU
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• FELASA Guidelines: Quick reference on laboratory animal feeding and nutrition (EU)
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• Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals (Canada)
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• Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities
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• Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
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• Institutional Administrator's Manual for Laboratory Animal Care and Use
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• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
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• Medical Records for Animals Used in Research, Teaching, and Testing
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• Report on Adequate Veterinary Care in Research, Testing, and Teaching
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• National charter on the ethics of animal experimentation (France)
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• Guide for the Ethical Evaluation of Experiments Using Laboratory Animals (France, reference is in French)
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Biosafety

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (5th edition)
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Guidelines for Biosafety Laboratory Competency
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Education

FELASA recommendations on the education and training of persons working with laboratory animals: Categories A and C
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FELASA guidelines for education of specialists in laboratory animal science (Category D)
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FELASA recommendations for the education and training of persons carrying out animal experiments (Category B)
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Euthanasia

AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia
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Report of the ACLAM Task Force on Rodent Euthanasia
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Health Monitoring

FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of breeding colonies and experimental units of cats, dogs and pigs
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FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of breeding colonies and experimental units of calves, sheep and goats
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FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of rodent and rabbit colonies in breeding and experimental units
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Occupational Health and Safety

Criteria for a recommended standard occupational exposure to waste anesthetic gases and vapors
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Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals
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Recommendations for Prevention of and Therapy for Exposure to B Virus (Cercopithecine Herpesvirus 1)
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Research Related

Administration of Substances and Removal of Blood
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Animal Surgery
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DNA Research
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Humane Endpoints (OECD)
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Neoplasia
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Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
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Species Specific

Amphibians and Reptiles
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Dogs
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Nonhuman Primates

      Health monitoring of non-human primate colonies
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      Sanitary aspects of handling non-human primates during transport
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      The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates
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Rodents and Lagomorphs

      Pain and distress in laboratory rodents and lagomorphs
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      Laboratory Animal Management: Rodents
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Wild Animals

      Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the Use of
      Wild Mammals in Research
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      Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
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AAALAC's Reference Resources