All backorders will be released at the final established price. Attention should be paid to attenuating noise and ultrasonic frequencies generated by equipment, environmental monitoring alarm systems, and public address systems. White We solicited information from experts on selected topics. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Investigators using laboratory animals must comply with the following: Investigators must file a protocol application form with the A-PLAC for prospective review and approval of all activities involving the use of laboratory animals. , Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. Litter 5. . Tel: 202-334-3313 or 800-624-6242. We relied on scientific literature (assisted by the bibliographic search services of the Animal Welfare Information Center) in our deliberations. … This type of housing might be considered a form of restraint, necessitating justification, consideration of the experimental protocol, and provision for exercise. As a courtesy, if the price increases by more than $3.00 we will notify you. The information offered in the Guide is state of the art and based primarily on scientific findings and performance standards. Discussion of the physical environment begins with definitions of microenvironment and macroenvironment. The objective of the Guide for laboratory animals is to assist institutions in caring for and using animals in biomedical or behavioral research, teaching, and testing in ways judged to be scientifically, technically, and humanely appropriate. In updating the guidelines the Committee spent considerable effort to add explanatory material including references to assist the reader in understanding the rationale behind recommendations thereby making it easier to apply them in specific settings. The ’85 Guide included a temperature range of 64.4?F. Laboratory Animals: Regulations and Recommendations for the Care and Use of Animals in Research, Second Edition, is the only publication to offer a global compilation of standards on the care, welfare and use of animals in research. Consonant with the requirement that occupational health and safety programs (OH&SP) must be part of the overall institutional animal care and use program, this topic has been reorganized and expanded. Responsibilities of institutional officials, institutional animal care and use committees, investigators, and veterinarians are discussed in each chapter. Of particular note, the source and full strain nomenclature of any laboratory animal stock must be specified according to international recommendations. The Committee also recognized that apes have specific needs that were not met by the groupings in the previous Guide . Protocols should contain criteria for initiating euthanasia that ensures that the end point is humane and the objective of the protocol is achieved. Unfortunately, in many areas of the Guide, objective peer-reviewed data to substantiate specific practices may be lacking, contradictory, or ambiguous. Although these components were not listed as specific components in the ’85 Guide, they are not new elements. Quarantine, Stabilization, and Separation has been expanded and updated. Scient … Labelling of the cages 7. The Guide is also intended to assist investigators in fulfilling their obligation to plan and conduct animal experiments in accord with the highest scientific, humane, and ethical principles. 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