Information for IACUCs/OBs (comparable oversight bodies)

Below we've compiled some links of interest to IACUCs (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees) and OBs (comparable oversight bodies)...

Web sites for IACUC/OB members

• IACUC.org
  www.iacuc.org
• OLAW tutorial
  grants1.nih.gov/grants/olaw/tutorial/index.htm
• Other web links for IACUCs (from OLAW)
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/outline.htm
• Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations, Principles and Practice in Ethical Review of Animal Experiments Across Europe
  http://www.felasa.eu/recommendations/reports/principles-and-practice-in-ethical-review-of-animal-experiments-across-euro/
• Animal Procedures Committee: Review of Cost-Benefit Assessment in the Use of Animals in Research
  https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/119027/cost-benefit-assessment.pdf

Requirements

• U.S. regulations and requirements

Guides

• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Guide for the Care and Use of Agriculture Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching

Other guidelines and resources

• AMP News Service (from Americans for Medical Progress)
  http://www.amprogress.org/programs
• APA - Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Animals in Research
  http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/care/guidelines.aspx
• AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition
  https://www.avma.org/KB/Policies/Documents/euthanasia.pdf
• Centers for Disease Control
  www.cdc.gov
• Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs
  www.nap.edu/catalog/1592.html
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/GuideBook.pdf
• Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange
  www.lawte.org
• Model for Performing Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Continuing Review of Animal Research
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/contop96.htm
• NABR E-Clips
  (contact NABR for subscription information)
• National Council of University Research Administrators
  http://www.ncura.edu
• NetVet's IACUC links (includes many resources and IACUCs on the Web)
  http://netvet.wustl.edu/iacuc.htm
• Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animal
  www.nap.edu/books/0309052998/html/135.html
• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm
• Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm
• Sample Animal Welfare Assurance, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/sampledoc/assur.htm
• Society of Research Administrators
  www.srainternational.org
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  www.aphis.usda.gov

Organizations hosting IACUC/Ethics Committee/Animal Care Committee-related conferences

• AALAS National Meeting
  www.aalas.org
• PRIM&R
  www.primr.org
• SCAW
  www.scaw.com
• States United for Biomedical Research
  www.statesforbiomed.org
• Individual state societies: NJABR, MiSMR, NCABR, TSBR, NWABR and others

Publications

• Comparative Medicine
• https://www.aalas.org/publications/comparative-medicine#.ViU1036rRaQ
• ILAR Journal
  http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/
• Lab Animal
  www.nature.com/laban/index.html
• Lab Animal Europe
  www.labanimaleurope.eu