Online Resources

Clearinghouse Resources

Animal Ethics Infolink including a section on On-line Courses and Educational Materials (Note that this is an Australian site; thus, specific legalities will be different.)

Database on Refinement of Housing and Handling Conditions and Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Animals from the Animal Welfare Institute.

The Ethics of Using Transgenic Animals a resource site

Laboratory Animal Links courtesy of University of Connecticut, Office of Animal Research Services (Should be able to find anything via this list)

Training: Laboratory Animal Care and Use


Animal Ethics

APA Guidelines for Ethical Conduct

This site, Applied Ethics Resources on the WWW, is a useful portal for a variety of applied ethics topics, including Animal Welfare Ethics, Research Ethics, Professional Ethics and Science and Technology Ethics.

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)

Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights

Environmental News Network

The Hastings Center

Kennedy Institute for Ethics

North Carolina State University Research Ethics Module: Animal Subjects in Research (See page 24 for basic bibliography on animal research ethics)

The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an Animal Rights organization

The Poynter Center

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) and Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA)

Tom Regan: The Philosophy of Animal Rights

Research Ethics Resources on the World Wide Web

University of Kentucky, Lexington: Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Researchers (A universal code of ethics for researchers)

Gary Varner, Dept. of Philosophy, Texas A&M University: A lecture on animals rights and animal welfare


General

Animal Law Review and the National Center for Animal Law

Animal News Center

Animal Welfare Information Center

Animal Welfare Institute

Biosis

Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior

NetVet (Electronic Zoo)

Scientists’ Center for Animal Welfare

The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)


Online Books

Animal Biotechnology: Science Based Concerns (2002)

Biomedical Models and Resources:Current Needs and Future Opportunities(1998)

Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals:A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs (1991)

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (1996)

Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals (1997)

Guidelines for the Recognition of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animal (1992)

Science, Medicine and Animals (1991)

Strategies That Influence Cost Containment in Animal Research Facilities(2000)

Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1988)


Research Websites

Animal Models: ILAR

American Assn. for Laboratory Animal Sciences (AALAS)

Assn.for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, Intl (AAALAC)

The Incurably Ill for Animal Research (iiFAR)

The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare

Lab Animal Magazine

National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)

National Center for Research Resources (NIH)

PHS Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (OLAW)


Training Websites

Richard Fish: Humane Care and Use of Animals in Research is an online set of tutorials aimed towards advanced undergraduates planning on research careers; it is useful for anyone interested in a complete training site on animal research subjects. Topics include: ethics, laws, regulations and policies, pain and distress, animal husbandry and the animal facility and a species specific tutorial. (Requires registration.)

Annotated Bibliography for Members of IACUCs

LAWTE Training Exchange

This 97 page posting in Adobe, a report from an NIH workshop, Methods and Welfare Considerations in Behavioral Research with Animals, covers a wide selection of topics (e.g. restraint, pain assessment, stressors, experimental controls, etc.) with broad application to research with animals in general.

Research Training.Org (from the VA Office of Research and Training)

 

A selection of online resources from academic institutions:

Bioethics at Iowa State University

A nice reference home page: Kansas State University Animal Care and Use Home Page

Michigan State University Laboratory Animal Resources

Has posted case studies: Veterinary Medicine Oklahoma State University

Purdue University Animal Care and Use Committee

Animal Subjects Program: University of California, Davis

An extrensive training site: University of Iowa: Animal Research

University of Kentucky Research: Office of the University Veterinarian

An extensive training site: University of Minnesota

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska


Veterinary

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

National Cancer Institute Veterinary Pathology

A veterinary online index from Britain: VetGate

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Veterinary Medicine