REVISED GUIDE FOR THE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS 

NIH GUIDE, Volume 25, Number 28, August 16, 1996

 

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Keywords:

  Animal Care 

  Animal Research Policy 

 

National Institutes of Health

 

The Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR) of the National

Academy of Sciences has published the 1996 revision of the Guide for

the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.  This is the sixth revision

of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals since the

original was first published in 1963.  The purpose of this

publication is to assist institutions in caring for and using animals

in ways judged to be scientifically, technically, and humanely

appropriate, and to assist investigators in fulfilling their

obligation to plan and conduct animal experiments in accord with the

highest scientific, humane, and ethical principles.  The

recommendations of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory

Animals are based on published data, scientific principles, expert

opinion, and experience with methods and practices that have proven

to be consistent with high-quality, humane animal care and use.  The

1996 edition includes extensive references and differs from previous

editions by an increasing emphasis on performance goals as opposed to

engineering standards.  This edition of the Guide for the Care and

Use of Laboratory Animals was financially supported by NIH, the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

It is published by the National Academy Press.

 

The Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of

Laboratory Animals requires that  institutions receiving PHS support

for activities involving animals base their programs of animal care

and use on the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and

comply, as applicable, with the Animal Welfare Act and other Federal

statutes and regulations relating to animals.  PHS-assured

institutions are encouraged to begin implementing the 1996 revision

of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals as soon as

possible.  By July 31, 1997, all PHS-assured institutions are

expected to have conducted at least one semiannual program and

facility evaluation, complete with reasonable and specific plans and

schedules for corrections of deficiencies where appropriate, using

the 1996 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals as the

basis for evaluation.

 

Copies of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals are

available from the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR)

at (301) 496-7163, ext. 226; ILAR (202) 334-2590; and the National

Center for Research Resources, NIH (301) 435-0744.  It is also

available on the world wide web at http://www2.nas.edu/ilarhome/.

 

INQUIRIES

 

For additional information contact:

 

Sue Machado

Division of Animal Welfare

Office for Protection from Research Risks

6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite 3B01, MSC 7507

Rockville, MD  20892-7507

Telephone:  (301) 496-7163, ext. 234

FAX:  (301) 402-2803

 

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