Useful Links for Information

Government and Private Agencies

• AAALAC International (Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care)
• AALAS (American Association of Laboratory Animal Science)
• AMP (Americans for Medical Progress)
• FBR (Foundation for Biomedical Research)
• ILAR (Institute for Laboratory Animal Research)
• NABR (National Association for Biomedical Research)
• OLAW (NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare)
• USDA AC (United States Dept. of Agriculture Animal Care)
• USDA National Agricultural Library, Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)

Information Resources

• ACLAM Pain Assessment in Rodents & Rabbits
• ACLAM Report on Rodent Euthanasia
• American Humane Association for the Safe Use of Animals in Filmed Media
• Animal Welfare Act
• ARRIVE Guidelines, Improving Bioscience Reporting
• ARRIVE Guidelines, Reporting In Vivo Animal Research
• Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals (AHWLA)
• AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia 2013
• FRAME - Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Experiments
• Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
• Guidelines for the Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research
• Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 8th Edition
• Humane Endpoints in Laboratory Animal Experimentation
• IACUC Resources
• Information Resources for IACUCs
• JOVE (The Journal of Visualized Experiments)
• Model Organisms for Research, NIH
• Net Vet and the Electronic Zoo
• NIH / NIAID How to Write an Application Involving Research Animals
• OLAW Tutorial on PHS Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• PHS Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Procedures With Care
• The Antibody Resource Page
• USDA Care Resource Guide Policies
• USDA Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Animal Welfare
• U.S. Government Principles for Use of Animals in Teaching, Research and Training Welfare

Florida State University

• Division of Sponsored Research
• Division of Sponsored Research Forms
• Environmental Health and Safety
• Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs
• Office of Research

FSU ACUC Reference Documents

• Antibody Production - Adjuvants
• Antibody Production - Immunization Routes
• Antibody Production - Blood Collection
• Disinfectants and Sterilization
• FSU Euthanasia Guidelines
• Guidelines on Wound Closure
• Immunization Guidelines
• Monoclonal Antibody Production Guidelines
• Oral Gavage in the Mouse
• Oral Gavage in the Rat
• Polyclonal Antibody Production Guidelines
• Rodent Post-operative Analgesia