The National Resources Inventory and You
When folks think of the “goals of research”, most will say the goals are to improve the human condition or contribute to the general scientific knowledge base. Investigation into Agriculture…
Author: Matthew Tanner
Who Do You Follow? Twitter Feeds for Human Research Compliance
As an addition to the successful “Who do you follow? Twitter Feeds for Animal Research Compliance”, here is a list of well known Twitter feeds to follow for those interested…
Resources available from OLAW
Ever looking for more teaching and instructional aids to educate your faculty about appropriate animal care and use? The NIH website’s OLAW page provides several free educational and resource materials! …
ABSA Annual Meeting News
Howdy all! Just got back from the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) Annual Biological Safety Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. While I now devote my time to managing the compliance…
29% of Large Clinical Trials results unpublished after 5 years
In the current issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), there is an article entitled, “Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials: cross sectional analysis” (BMJ2013;347:f6104). The authors examined clinical trials on clinicaltrials.gov to…
National Veterinary Technician Week
To celebrate and promote the role of veterinary technicians, the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA) has proclaimed the third week of October (13th-19th) as National Veterinary Technician…
USDA Annual Reports
The USDA through APHIS has released an electronic version of the USDA Annual Report form (7023), which Animal Facilities are required to file annually. Their brief announcement reads: “In an…
What Will Happen To Your Rabbit(s)?
But briefly… As most of us are aware in the animal research community, PHS-assured institutions must start using the 2013 AVMA Guidelines for Euthanasia of Animals for protocol review as…
Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals
Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals: August 22-23, Bethesda, MD Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals will be held August 22-23, 2013 at NIH Natcher Conference Center in…
Compliance and Building a Better Baseball Bat
Did you know that Major League Baseball (MLB) funds research? The United States Agriculture Department (USDA) recently announced the results of a study on baseball bat breakage funded by the…