Regulations on the Use of Animal Subjects in Research

• Animal Welfare Act
AWA and Regulations (USDA)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm

• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
National Academy Press
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats

• PHS Policy
PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (1996)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm

• Licensing and Registration Under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/awlicreg/awlicreg.html

• Consequences of noncompliance
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/info.html


Offices and Programs

• UMASS Amherst Animal Care Office
http://www.umass.edu/research/aco

• NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm

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