Resources

Animal Care & Use Compliance Benchmark Documents

Primary Compliance Benchmarks

• U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals
• Animal Welfare Regulations
• Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Ag Guide
• AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals
• Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals

Secondary Compliance Benchmarks

• American Society of Mammalogists
  • Sikes, R. S. (2016). 2016 guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education: Journal of Mammalogy, 97(3), 663–688. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw078
• Ornithological Council
  • Fair, J., E. Paul, J. Jones and L. Bies, Eds. 2023. Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research. Washington, D.C. Ornithological Council.
• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
  • Beaupre, S., Jacobson, E., Lillywhite, H., and K. Zamudio, 2004. Guidelines for the Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field and Laboratory Research.
• American Fisheries Society
  • Use of Fishes in Research Committee (joint committee of the American Fisheries Society, the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, and the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists). 2014. Guidelines for the use of fishes in research. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Useful Online Resources

• • IACUC Guide
  • Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW)
  • Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
  • USDA Animal Welfare Information Center
  • Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Research and Instruction
  • Formulary for Laboratory Animals
    • Hawk, C. T., Leary, S. L., & Morris, T. H. (2005). Formulary for Laboratory Animals. Blackwell Pub.