IACUC.ORG is an information resource for IACUC members and staff, developed with funding from AALAS. It was developed as an organizing tool to quickly point to a topic of interest, helping IACUC members manage the overwhelming amount of information available on the web.

The Animal Welfare Information Center is another great starting point, linking you to everything an IACUC member could ever need or want.

NetVet covers a huge array of topics and hot links and can get you to almost anything that is animal-related. However, the down side is that because there is so much information, it can still take a little while to track things down.

The Canadian Council on Animal Care site contains a wealth of information on animal care and use. They have policies and guidelines on every aspect of animal welfare and much of this information is applicable in the US as well.

This link from the AWIC site gives you full text versions of the complete Animal Welfare Act and Regulations.

Online APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual includes the 29 (and counting�) official policy documents that clarify the intent of the Animal Welfare Act.

The Health Research Extension Act of 1985, �Animals in Research�.

The PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals applies to all facilities that receive NIH grant support.

The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals is an IACUC must read! PHS Policy incorporates these guidelines by reference.

The 2000 version of the Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia sets the standards for euthanasia practices. PHS Policy incorporates these guidelines by reference.

This 1996 ACLAM Report on Adequate Veterinary Care clarifies the expectations and requirements for an institution�s veterinary care program.

A listing of all of ILAR�s publications can be found at:

A quick guide to the ever-useful AWIC Bibliographies.

NetVet Law and Government Resources is a very extensive list of hotlinks organized alphabetically according to which branch of the government you are dealing with. In fact, it is so extensive that it is almost �too much of a good thing�.

The "Thomas" site has everything you ever wanted to know about the legislative process and more.

The National Archives and Records Administration - Government Printing Office (GPO access) site allows you quick access to the Federal Register.

Food and Drug Administration site, with links to all Centers.

The Whole Mouse Catalog is geared to researchers, but could be useful resource for IACUC members, for example for localizing a hybridoma bank as an alternative to ascites production, description and sources of inbred strains, background information on transgenes and transgenic research.

The University of Michigan�s Transgenic Animal Model Core web site which is a very valuable resource on all aspects of transgenic animal care and oversight.

Model Organisms for Biomedical Research is a site sponsored by NIH, providing information on the use of rats, mice and non-mammalian species in research.

This link will connect you with the Laboratory Primate Newsletter, which serves as a central source of practical information about establishing and running a facility with caged nonhuman primates. The site contains lots of links to information on primate enrichment.

Primate fact sheets from the Primate Info Net at Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center.

This IACUC tutorial is not flashy, but it is a good orientation to the Animal Welfare Regulations and PHS policy for new IACUC members.

The Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange (LAWTE) aims to promote an information exchange among laboratory animal welfare trainers on training programs, systems, materials and services for the purpose of promoting the highest standards of laboratory animal care and use.

ILAR Principles for the Use of Animals in Precollege Education (1989). This three page document describes the 10 basic principles and can be found as link on the ILAR site.

The Laboratory Animal Training Association site provides a guide to training resources, as well as online training, which is available for a fee.

This 1997 ILAR publication, Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals, is posted in graphic format.

Many of the listed sites on OSHWEB appear to be geared to the occupational health and safety professional rather than the IACUC member. However, this is a very comprehensive listing, including information on radiation safety, chemical safety, and occupational health.

This OSHA site includes a fairly useful listing of occupational health and safety organizations, and a few institutional departments.