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Canada

Canada Health. Veterinary Drugs - Antimicrobial Resistance Policy Development

Canadian Council on Animal Care Guidelines
Includes guidelines for animals used in research. Topics covered include transgenic animals, appropriate endpoints, animal use protocol review and animal user training. Forthcoming guidelines will address fish, wildlife, immunological procedures and farm animals. Additional guidelines are developed in response to current and emerging needs of the research community and advances in laboratory animal care. Also see their Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals ( Vol. 1, 2nd ed. 1993) and ( Vol. 2, 1984)

Code of Practice & Factsheets for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC)

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals - Beef Cattle - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC)

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals - Bison - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC)

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals - Farmed Deer (Cervidae) - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC)

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals - Horses - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC)

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals - Poultry - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC)

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals - Veal Calves - Canadian Agri-Food Research Council (CARC)

China

Animal Protection Law (November 4, 1998)

Germany

German Animal Welfare Act (May 1998) [English translation]

New Zealand

Animal Welfare Act of 1999 (Oct. 1999) Note: You must click on "GP Legislative Databases", "Browse the Acts (Free)", "...browsed for free...", "A", "Animal Welfare Act of 1999"

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (Aug. 1995)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Emergency Slaughter of Farm Livestock (Dec. 1996)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Sale of Companion Animals (Apr. 1994)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Animals in Boarding Establishments (Aug. 1993)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Animals at Saleyards (May 1995)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Slaughter at Licensed and Approved Premises (July 1996)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Bobby Calves (Aug. 1993)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Deer During the Removal of Antlers (Jan. 1992)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Dogs (May 1998)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Layer Hens (Sept. 1996)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Livestock from which Blood is Harvested for Commercial and Research Purposes (Apr. 1996)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Ostriches and Emus (Aug. 1993)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Pigs (Jan. 1994)

Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Sheep (Jul. 1996)

Norway

Norway Bans the Routine Castration of Pigs (March 2002)

Animal Welfare Act (Dec. 1974)

Sweden

Swedish Animal Welfare Act (Feb. 1998)

United Kingdom

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act of 1986.

United States

Guidelines for the Treatment of Animals in Behavioural Research and Teaching

Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Field Research (1988)

Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research (1987)

Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research (1997)

Guiding Principles in the Use of Animals in Toxicology (1999)

Policy Statement for the Humane Care and Use of Birds (1998) - Association of Avian Veterinarians

Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia (2000) - American Veterinary Medical Association

Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia (1993) - American Veterinary Medical Association

General Sites

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