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A. Penn Resources

RCR FundamentalsPenn's IACUC Training for Institutional Animal Care (required)

RCR Fundamentals

Penn's Orientation to Animal Research

RCR FundamentalsPenn's Hands on Animal Training

RCR FundamentalsAnimal Experimentation: Ethical Arguments, Investigators and Institutional Responsibilities - presentation and quiz (PennKey required)

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees the institution's animal care program, including the facilities and procedures, to ensure that they are consistent with the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Regulations, the Public Health Service Policy and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR) is responsible for the procurement, care, and use of all University-owned animals used for teaching, research, and testing as approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and as mandated by federal law and regulations.

Penn Assurance of Compliance with PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by Awardee Institutions

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Policies of the University of Pennsylvania Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Penn's IACUC Preparing and Submitting an Animal Protocol

Penn University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR) Policies and Standard Operating Procedures

B. Federal Policies and/or Guidelines

NIH: Office of Extramural Research: Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

NSF: Animal Welfare Requirements

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

USDA Animal Health and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS)


The Animal Welfare Act - Fact Sheet. Regulations: Definitions (Part 1.1); Regulations (Part 2); Standards (Part 3); and Rules of Practice (Part 4).


C. Other Resources

The Guide - complete text of "The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals," from the National Research Council's Institute of Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR).

NIH: Office of Extramural Research: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR) Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

AAALAC (Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care)

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

Animal Welfare Information Center

University of Minnesota-Teaching Ethics for Research, Scholarship, and Practice

 



   

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