Animal Facilities
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CDC releases MMWR on the National Assessment in Public Health, Enviornmental, and Agricultural Laboratories
March 7, 2013The CDC has released a Morbidity and Mortaliity Weekly Report (MMWR) entitled, “National Assessment of Capacity in Public Health, Environmental, and Agricultural Laboratories — United States, 2011″ available here. The purpose of this assessment is stated as: “The main objectives of the National Laboratory Capacity Assessment were to count and characterize the public health, environmental, [...]
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Disaster Planning webinar offered by OLAW
February 28, 2013Disaster Planning: March 7, OLAW Webinar The Guide requires that institutions develop disaster plans that take into account both the well-being of animals and consideration of personnel during unexpected events that compromise ongoing animal care (See OLAW FAQ G3). Join OLAW on March 7 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET for a webinar “Disaster Planning” [...]
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NC3Rs Annual 2013 3Rs Prize Awarded
February 28, 2013The NC3Rs annual 2013 3Rs Prize Awarded to Harvard researcher Dr. Ingber for his “lung on a chip” preclinical drug testing chip, designed to mimic normal lung function. The chip was designed to replace the need for an animal model to study lung tissues. Here is the winning paper: Huh D, Leslie DC, Matthews BD, [...]
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2013 AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals published
February 26, 2013The AVMA has published a new set of “AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals”, 2013 edition, to replace the 2007 edition. The full document is available here (Note: large pdf file). From the executive summary: HISTORY OF THE PANEL ON EUTHANASIA The AVMA Panel on Euthanasia (POE) was first convened in 1963 to create guidelines [...]
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Notice of Change to Electronic Submission of Final Noncompliance Reports to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
February 22, 2013From the NIH/OLAW: Federal Register: NOT-OD-05-034 This Notice is to inform Public Health Service (PHS) awardee institutions that the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) is transitioning to electronic submission of final noncompliance reports instead of paper submissions by postal or express mail delivery. Effective immediately, institutions are requested to submit final reports to [...]
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