The principal federal statute governing the sale, handling, transport, and use of animals.
What is The Animal Welfare Act (AWA)?
Enforces the Animal Welfare Regulations.
Who is the USDA?
Encourage unity and cooperation among research institutions and animal welfare groups. The fastest way to eventually end animal use in research studies.
What is The Three R's?
Governments should write laws that express the sentiments of most of the population. These laws should be carried out to the letter, regardless of pressure from groups who would have them believe that the laws are unfair.
What are Animal Control Groups?
Name 3 types of research.
What are basic, applied, and clinical?
Primary reference on animal care and use, written by ILAR.
What is the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals?
Approves all animal use in research or teaching done in the United States.
Who is IACUC?
Improve techniques to cause less pain and stress in animals.
What is Refinement?
Animals have intrinsic rights that should be guaranteed just the way human rights are guaranteed.
What are Animal Rights Groups?
Clean/dirty facility.
What is double-corridor?
Specific mandates for personnel training, record keeping, and quality assurance.
What is Good Laboratory Practice regulations?
Enforces laws designed to protect the health and safety of the general public.
Who is the FDA?
Don't use 50 when 20 will achieve the same goal.
What is Reduction?
Believe that people should treat each animal as kindly as possible and that they should be required by law to do so.
What are Animal Welfare Groups?
Factors specifically within the primary enclosure of the animals.
What is microenvironment?
Nonbiomedical research protocols for farm animals.
What is the Ag Guide?
Administers laws that protect human health and the environment.
Who is the EPA?
Lower forms of life and computer models.
What is Replacement?
Animals are our absolute property.
What are Animal Exploitation Groups?
Enforces laws to protect workers.
Who is OSHA?
Nine principles adopted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy in 1985.
What is the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals?
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U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training?
International private nonprofit organization that promotes humane treatment of animals in science.
Who is AAALAC?
Also refers to the education and skill level of the scientists and research technicians involved in performing the procedures.
What is Refinement?
Owning a pet is a form of enslavement.
What are Animal Liberation Groups?
The Bio Level of agents that have the potential to cause human disease if handled incorrectly.
What is Bio Level II?