Regulatory Resources
Animal Welfare Regulations
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"