The National Institutes of Health is implementing a plan to limit the expenditure of funds for the acquisition of cats for NIH-supported research to legal sources other than USDA Class B dealers.  These Class B Dealers include those licensed to sell…

The Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association (LAVA-United Kingdom) and the Veterinary Bioscience Institute (VBI-United States) are presenting a The Surgical Knowledge Exchange Seminar.  The theme of the meeting is “refinement of animal surgical models” which will take place on March 7th, 2012 in…

BioConference Live and Veterinary Bioscience Institute invite you to register for the 2012 Laboratory Animal Science (LAS) BioConference Live. This is a FREE ONLINE ONLY conference focused entirely on laboratory animal medicine. The theme of the 2012 conference is Animal…

In an effort to reduce and eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), thirteen pharmaceutical companies, the US, UK. and United Arab Emirates governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other groups pledged expanding drug donation and providing…

The February issue of Lab Animal (V41, No.2, p. 41-43) poses the question of whether an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has the authority to modify or approve animal facility SOPs.  The IACUC is charged by federal mandate…

The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) has created a reference page entitled Obtaining an Assurance to help institutions apply for their initial assurance for animal activities.  This Assurance is required for an institute to receive Public Health Service (PHS) funding. …