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Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee


References & Important Links


Guidelines and Policies

FIU Policies for Animal Care and Use

What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals

Animal Welfare Act (Public Law 89-544 as amended)

U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training ,

Developed by IRAC and endorsed by the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 1985

Public Health Service Act  (Public Law 99-158, 1985)

Guide for the Care and Use of Lab Animals (1996)

AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia (2007)


General Sources- "Enabling Acronyms"

AALAC : Association for Accreditation and Assessment of Laboratory Animal Care International

AALAS : American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

AWA - Animal Welfare Act

ILAR : Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

NIH : Office of Animal Care and Use

OPRR : Animal Welfare Division

USDA : Animal Welfare Information Center


Taxon-specific References

Fishes: Guidelines for Use of Fishes in Field Research

Amphibians and Reptiles: Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field and Laboratory Research

Birds: Guide to the Use of Wild Birds in Research

Mammals: Acceptable Field Methods in Mammalogy: Preliminary Guidelines Approved by the American Society of Mammalogists

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