Regulatory Resources
The resources below are the guiding principles behind the ethical treatment of animals in research and form the basis from which the IACUC reviews and assesses animal protocols.
- Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Public Health Service Policy on Human Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, Eighth Edition
- Animal Welfare Act and The Animal Welfare Regulations
- U.S. Government Principals and the PHS Policy
- AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines
- OLAW semi-annual facility inspection and program review checklists
- AAALAC Internation (formerly, the "Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Care International"