Responsible Conduct in Research Instruction

Main Sections

Objectives

Introduction

Laws, Regulations,
and Policies

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Training for Faculty, Staff, and Students Involved in ReseachUsing Animals

Responsibilities of the Principal Investigator

End Notes and Completion Items

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The Health Research Extension Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-158)
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/hrea1985.htm

The History of the Animal Welfare Act
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/index.shtml

The Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/pl99198.htm

Animal Welfare Information Center, United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm

National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/finalmou.htm

Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, National Institutes of Health
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm#1985

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, National Academy Press
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=5140

Animal Care Regulations, Office of Research Development, EMU
http://ord.emich.edu/federal/federal_comp_subdir/animalcare/animalcare.html

EMU Policy on Using Vertebrate Animals in Research
http://ord.emich.edu/federal/federal_comp_subdir/
animalcare/animal_subdir/vertebrate/vertebrate.html