• Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Guidebook (pdf)
  • Background and History>
  • IACUC Review of Proposals
  • IACUC Oversight of Animal Care and Use Program
  • IACUC Evaluation of Animal Welfare Concerns
  • IACUC Recordkeeping and Reporting
  • Special Considerations
• Online Annual Report (Institution) Animal Welfare Assurance: Sample Documents
  designed to aid institutions in developing their Animal Welfare Assurances in accord with the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Animal Study Proposal
  This sample Animal Study Proposal is provided in response to requests from many institutions that wish to develop or revise an animal care and use protocol form intended for internal institutional use.
• Acronyms

USDA Guidelines

• USDA APHIS Animal Care, Animal Welfare Act
  
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Animal Care Policy Manual
• Rats, Mice and Birds Settlement Agreement

On-Line Training & Materials

• PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Associations and Internet Resources

• AALAS (American Association for Laboratory Animal Science)
  IACUC.org
• NetVet
  
• Foundation for Biomedical Research
  
• National Association for Biomedical Research

Alternatives to Animal Testing

• Alternatives to Animal Testing Bibliography
  - National Library of Medicine
• Alternatives Search Service
  - UCDavis Center for Animal Alternatives
• Alternatives to Skin Irritation Testing in Animals
• ALTWEB
  - Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, The Johns Hopkins University
• Animal Welfare Information Center
• European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM)
• Information on Alternatives Databases
  - hosted by the Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives.
• Model Organisms for Biomedical Research
  - Mammalian and non-mammalian; Funding Opportunities. National Institutes of Health.
• Netherlands Centre Alternatives to Animal Use
  - coordinating research and disseminating information on alternatives to animal experiments for the Netherlands.
• NORINA (Norwegian Inventory of Alternatives)
  - a comprehensive collection of information on audiovisual aids and other alternatives to the use of animals in teaching, at all levels from junior school to University.
• Proctor & Gamble, Inc.
  Product Safety Testing: Pursuing non-animal research methods at P&G.
• University of California Center for Animal Alternatives