MSK IACUC Resource Guide: Websites

Website dedicated to advancing non-animal methods of toxicity testing. Members form a unique collaboration that connects non-profit, corporate and philanthropic leaders working to advance acceptance and use of animal-free safety science.

Provides information, products and services related to the improved care and use of animals in research, testing, and teaching as described in the Animal Welfare Act. Site has a News feature that highlights current happenings.

These guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) are a checklist of recommendations for the full and transparent reporting of research involving animals.

The CCAC works to ensure that animal-based science in Canada takes place only when necessary and that the animals in the studies receive optimal care according to high quality, research-informed standards. The website includes guidelines and policies, animals used in science, and information about the three Rs.

Website from the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. Resource for institutional animal care and use committee members and staff. Updated quarterly, IACUC Central organizes information into pages containing links to governmental agencies, databases, examples of institutional websites, training resources, and more.

From the National Academies Sciences Engineering Medicine, ILAR seeks to identify practices that provide for excellence in the welfare of animals while achieving high-quality science.

Website managed Iowa State University and is a collection of reporting guidelines for research studies that involve animals.

Site provides information regarding Model Organism Sharing Policy.

EDA is an online tool designed to guide researchers through the design of their experiments, helping to ensure that they use the minimum number of animals consistent with their scientific objectives, methods to reduce subjective bias, and appropriate statistical analysis.

UK-based scientific organization dedicated to helping the research community worldwide to identify, develop and use 3Rs technologies and approaches.

Norway's National Consensus Platform for the advancement of "the 3 Rs" in connection with animal experiments. PREPARE (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on Animals: Recommendations for Excellence).

Resources for new animal care and use committee members, institutional administrators, investigators, animal care personnel, veterinarians, and others who are interested in learning about the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Policy).

Academic resource providing scientific expertise and consultation, technological assistance, dedicated infrastructure, and educational support to the academic community in the development, application, and use of genetically altered mice for biomedical research on diseases, behavioral abnormalities, and developmental disorders.