Basic Care Resource
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by Publication Date: 2011 8th editionKey concepts of animal care and use. The "Guide" sets the framework for the humane care and use of laboratory animals.
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Professional Guidelines
- Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching4th edition, 2020. Federation of Animal Science Societies
- AVMA guidelines for the euthanasia of animalsAmerican Veterinary Medical Association
- SOT Guiding Principles in the Use of Animals in ToxicologySociety of Toxicology
- Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Animals in ResearchAmerican Psychological Association
- Ethical Treatment of Animals in Applied Animal Behaviour ResearchInternational Society for Applied Ethology
- Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in ResearchThe Ornithological Council
- Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the Use of Wild Mammals in ResearchAmerican Society of Mammalogists
- Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in ResearchAmerican Fisheries Society
- Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field ResearchAmerican Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists