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Medical and Scientific Organizations

AAALAC - Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care http://www.aaalac.org/
AALAS - American Association for Laboratory Animal Science http://www.aalas.org/
ACLAD - American Committee on Laboratory Animal Diseases http://www.aclad.org/
ACLAM - American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine http://www.aclam.org/
AG - Association for Gnotobiotics http://www.gnotobiotics.org/
AMA - American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
ASR - Academy of Surgical research http://www.surgicalresearch.org/
AVMA - American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/
ILAR - Institute for Laboratory Animal Research http://dels.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarhome/
MGI - Mouse Genome Informatics (Jackson Laboratory) http://www.informatics.jax.org/
National Academy of Science http://www.nas.edu/
UFAW - Universities Federation for Animal Welfare http://www.ufaw.org.uk/

Educational Organizations

AMP - Americans for Medical Progress http://www.ampef.org/
CSBR - California Society for Biomedical Research http://www.ca-biomed.org/
FBR - Foundation for Biomedical Research http://www.fbresearch.org/
IATA - International Air Transport Association http://www.iata.org/index.htm/
iiFAR - Incurably Ill for Animal Research http://www.iifar.org/
LAWTE - Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange http://www.lawte.org/
MISMR - Michigan Society for Medical Research http://www.mismr.org/
MSMR - Massachusetts Society for Medical Research http://www.msmr.org/
NABR - National Association for Biomedical Research http://www.nabr.org/
OSERA - Ohio Scientific Education and Research Association http://www.osera.org/
PSBR - Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research http://www.psbr.org/
TSBR - Texas Society for Biomedical Research http://www.tsbr.org/

Government Organizations

AWIC - Animal Welfare Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/
National Primate Research Centers http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/compmed/cm_nprc.asp
OLAW - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare http://http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/
USDA APHIS AC - United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Inspection Service Animal Care http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/
NLM - National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
CDC - Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/

International Organizations

CALAM - The Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Medicine http://www.calam-acmal.org/
ANZCCART - Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ANZCCART/
CALAS - Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science http://www.calas-acsal.org/
CCAC - Canadian Council on Animal Care http://www.ccac.ca
NORINA Database - Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science and Alternatives http://oslovet.veths.no/NORINA/
ICLAS - International Council for Laboratory Animal Science http://www.iclas.org/

Alternatives

Altweb - Alternatives to Animal Testing on the Web http://altweb.jhsph.edu/
CAAT - John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing http://caat.jhsph.edu/
ECVAM - European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods http://ecvam-sis.jrc.it/
ICCVAM - Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/
NCA - Netherlands Centre Alternatives to Animal Use http://www.nca-nl.org/
SCAW - Scientists Center for Animal Welfare http://www.scaw.com/
UCCAA - University of California Center for Animal Alternatives http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/Animal_Alternatives/
NC3RS - National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (United Kingdom) http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/
SynDaver Labs^® - Synthetic Human Tissues and Body Parts http://www.syndaver.com/

Legislation

Animal Welfare Act and Regulations http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm
AVMA Panel on Euthanasia http://www.avma.org/resources/euthanasia.pdf
European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes http://www.uku.fi/laitokset/vkek/Sopimus/convention.html
Federal Register http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm

Publications

CDC's Biosafety pages, including Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 4^th edition http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/biosfty.htm
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5140
Guidelines for the Capture, Handling and Care of Mammals (American Society of Mammalogists) www.mammalsociety.org/committees/commanimalcareuse/98acucguidelines.pdf
Laboratory Animals http://www.lal.org.uk/

Guidebooks and Compendia

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook (2nd edition 2002)ftp://ftp.grants.nih.gov/IACUC/GuideBook.pdf
Final Report on Environment Enhancement to Promote the Psychological Well-being of Nonhuman Primates: U. S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/eejuly15.html
Monoclonal Antibody Production: A Report of the Committee on Methods of Producing Monoclonal Antibodies Institute of Laboratory Animal Research National Research Council http://www.nih.gov/grants/policy/antibodies.pdf
Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals http://www.nap.edu/books/0309052998/html/index.html

Herpes B Links

http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/nhpsafety.html - This site is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Research Animal Resources Department and contains basic post-exposure instructions and background information on Herpes B.
http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/Bio/monkeyb.htm - This site is sponsored by the University of Florida and contains basic post-exposure instructions and background information on Herpes B.