Legislation and Oversight of the Conduct of Research Using Animals: A Global Overview

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 107-123

  Bayne, Kathryn ^a   Morris, Timothy H ^b   France, Malcolm P ^c  

^a AAALAC International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adequate training for those involved in animal care; Animal welfare act all code holders to submit to MAF annual animal use statistics; Aspects of laws, regulations, policies for animals in biomedical research and testing; Canadian council on animal care (CCAC) and AAALAC international's global accreditation system; Council for international organizations of medical sciences (CIOMS); Institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC); International guiding principles for biomedical research involving animals; Legislation and oversight of conduct of research using animals; Regulatory environment for animals in biomedical research and testing across countries; World organisation for animal health (OIE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455241037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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