Policies, Guidelines and Regulations
Governing the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

• The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
  
  
• PHS Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
  
  
• Principles Governing the Utilization & Care of Vertebrate Animals
  
  
• The June 2007 AVMA Guide on Euthanasia text
  
  
• Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
  
  
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
  
  
  
  
  
• Procedures for Investigators Requesting Animals
  
  
• Procedures for Receipt of Rodents from Non-Approved Sources
  
  
• Guidelines for Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals
  
  
• Guidelines for the Use of Isoflurane Anesthesia in Rodents