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Other IACUC Resources - Listed below are various educational materials and resources pertinent to animal care and use at the University of Tennessee. (Frequently Asked Questions)

Training Materials
How to Search for Alternatives--Literature Searching and Databases
    -- (AWIC/USDA/NAL)
IACUC Bylaws (Currently under review)
How Many Animals Do I Need?

Careful How You Hold Me: An Insight into Caring for Laboratory Animals - A CD-ROM training program for new investigators and technical staff commencing work with animals in bio-medical research. Available soon from the Ag-Vet Med Library stacks.

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International

Animal Welfare Act
          Animal Welfare Act as Amended (7 USC, 2131 et. seq.)

Animal Welfare Information Center

Alternatives and the Animal Welfare Act: Conducting Literature Searches Brochure

Animal Welfare Regulations

Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
USDA - APHIS Animal Care
      UADA - APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual

AVMA Panel on Euthanasia

Center for Animal Alternatives - University of California, Davis

Foundation for Biomedical Research

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals used in Agricultural Research and Teaching (See Betsy Bailey)

Health Research Extension Act of 1985

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
     Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals (on-line)

IACUC.org
      Click on 'Alternatives' for a listing of links

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook - ARENA/OLAW (Fast ftp access)

Merck Veterinary Manual

National Association for Biomedical Research

NETVET

Office of Laboratory Animal Care, University of Tennessee (OLAC)

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, US (OLAW)
          Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
               (Addendum)
          Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook                (Fast ftp access)
          Useful Links

Office of Research, University of Tennessee

Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

USDA - APHIS Animal Care
      UADA - APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual

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