Useful Links
This page provides a compiled list of links in several categories that may assist investigators.
Campus Offices
- Occupational Health
- Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S)
- Office of Laboratory Animal Care (OLAC)
- Research Administration and Compliance Office (RAC)
- Sponsored Projects Office (SPO)
Agencies
Federal
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA Fisheries
State
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)
Literature
Federal Laws, Policies, and Principles
- Animal Welfare Act
- Endangered Species Act (1973)
- Lacey Act
- Public Health Service Policy on Humane Use and Care of Laboratory Animals (2015)
- Marine Mammal Protection Act
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918)
- U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training
- Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare: Health Research Extension Act of 1985
- What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals (NIH Publication No. 16-6009)
IACUC Topics
- ARENA/OLAW IACUC Guidebook (2nd edition, 2002)
- AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition (January 2020)
- Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates (booklet series through OLAW)
- European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (ETS 123) (2005)
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (8th edition, 2010)
- Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching (3rd edition, 2010)
- Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals (2nd edition, 1993, Revision Date March 2017)
- Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research (2003)
- Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals (2006)
- Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Research (2004)
- Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field and Laboratory Research (2004)
- Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research (2011)
- Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research (2010)
- Guide to the Behavior & Enrichment of Laboratory Rodents (2012)
- Monoclonal Antibody Production: A Report of the Committee on Methods of Producing Monoclonal Antibodies (1999)
- Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals (1st edition, 1997)
- Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals (2009)
- Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals (2009)
- Report of the ACLAM Task Force on Rodent Euthanasia (2005)
- Journals, Newsletters, and Bulletins
Writing a Protocol
Literature Searches for Alternatives
- Refinement Databases (Animal Welfare Institute)
- USDA Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Alternatives Literature Searching
- National Institutes of Health
- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- IACUC Alternatives Search Help (Colorado State University)
- Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing: Resources (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
- Alternatives and Searching the Literature for Animal Research (University of California, Davis)
- Responsible Literature Searching
(University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences eLearning Environment)
(NOTE: Access is free after creating an account. Module can be found under “Responsible Conduct of Research”.) - University of California, Berkeley Libraries
Justification of Numbers
- Free Statistical Software, Calculators and Equations
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Statistical Publications
- Dell, R.B. Hollerman, S., Ramakrishnan, R. (2002). Sample size determination. ILAR 43:4
- Animal Welfare Information Center: Reducing Animal Numbers: Sequential Sampling
- Erb, H.N. 1990. A statistical approach for calculating the minimum number of animals needed in research. ILAR News 32 (1): 11-16
- Mann, M.D., Crouse, D.A., Prentice, E.D. (1991). Appropriate Animal Numbers in Biomedical Research in Light of Animal Welfare Considerations. Laboratory Animal Science 41(1): 6-14
- Muller, K. E., and V. A. Benignus. 1992. Increasing scientific power with statistical power. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 14(3):211-219
- Thomas, L., Juanes, F. (1996). The importance of statistical power analysis: an example from Animal Behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 52: 856-59
- Shaw, R., Festing, M.F.W., Peers, I., Furlong, L. (2002). Use of Factorial Designs to Optimize Animal Experiments and Reduce Animal Use. Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, 43(4)
- Festing, M.F.W., Altman, D.G. (2002). Guidelines for the Design and Statistical Analysis of Experiments using Laboratory Animals. Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, 43(4)
Organizations and Societies
- American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
- American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)
- American Physiological Society (APS)
- American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)
- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
- Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS)
- National Academy of Sciences: Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
- National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
- National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods
- National Wildlife Federation
- Ornithological Council
- Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
- Wildlife Conservation Society