Items of Interest

Updated July 2026

The "Items of Interest" listed below are references that serve as items of interest or guidance that illustrate good practices...

General:

• CIOMS-ICLAS International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals

IACUC/Oversight Board:

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
• Guidance on the severity classification of scientific procedures involving fish

Veterinary Care:

• ESLAV/ECLAM/LAVA/EVERI recommendations for the roles, responsibilities and training of the laboratory animal veterinarian and the designated veterinarian under Directive 2010/63/EU (European Union)
• Medical Records for Animals Used in Research, Teaching, and Testing

Health Monitoring:

• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of breeding colonies and experimental units of cats, dogs and pigs
• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of breeding colonies and experimental units of calves, sheep and goats
• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of mouse, rat, hamster, guinea pig and rabbit colonies in breeding and experimental units
• Revised recommendations for health monitoring of non-human primate colonies (2018): FELASA Working Group Report

Occupational Health and Safety:

• Criteria for a recommended standard occupational exposure to waste anesthetic gases and vapors

Biosecurity:

• FELASA-AALAS Recommendations for Biosecurity in an Aquatic Facility

Physical Plant:

• The Handbook of Facilities Planning: Volume 2, Laboratory Animal Facilities (1991)
• Animal Facility Design and Renovation: Things to Consider Before Breaking Ground
• Planning and Designing Research Animal Facilities (Hessler, ACLAM 2008)
• NIH Design Requirements Manual
• Chapter 18 Facility Design, Planning, and Renovation. In Management of Animal Care and Use Programs in Research, Education, and Testing. 2nd edition
• Chapter 3 Facility Planning. In Practical Management of Research Animal Care and Use Programs. Springer. ISBN 978-3-031-65413-8 ISBN 978-3-031-65414-5 (eBook)

Research Related/Refinement:

• Administration of Substances and Removal of Blood
• Guidelines for the welfare and use of animals in cancer research
• Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
• OBSERVE: guidelines for the refinement of rodent cancer models

Species Specific:

Aquatics:

• CCAC Guidelines on The Care and Use of Fish in Research, Teaching and Testing
• FELASA-AALAS Recommendations for Biosecurity in an Aquatic Facility
• Guidance on the housing and care of Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
• Guidance on the severity classification of scientific procedures involving fish

Cats:

• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of breeding colonies and experimental units of cats, dogs and pigs

Dogs:

• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of breeding colonies and experimental units of cats, dogs and pigs

Nonhuman Primates:

• Revised recommendations for health monitoring of non-human primate colonies (2018): FELASA Working Group Report
• The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates

Pigs:

• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of breeding colonies and experimental units of cats, dogs and pigs

Rabbits:

• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of mouse, rat, hamster, guinea pig and rabbit colonies in breeding and experimental units

Rodents:

• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of mouse, rat, hamster, guinea pig and rabbit colonies in breeding and experimental units

Ruminants:

• FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of experimental units of calves, sheep and goats