Meetings
Resources
Available on the World Wide Web
ARENA IACUC 101 - Sept. 25, 2002
Chicago, Illinois
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, the Chicago VA Health Care System and the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare will co-sponsor the ARENA IACUC 101 at the Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre.
ARENA IACUC 101 is a full day didactic and interactive training course for new as well as seasoned IACUC members, IACUC affiliates and individuals responsible for their institution’s animal care program. The program is delivered by a top-notch faculty renowned for their expertise in institutional animal care and use issues and program development including representatives from both private and academic biomedical research institutions as well as the AAALAC, USDA and OLAW. The morning and early afternoon sessions will provide a basic yet comprehensive overview of the laws, regulations, and policies that govern the humane care and use of laboratory animals supplemented with examples and possible approaches for successful and effective administration. Current available resources to help IACUCs keep abreast of the latest information as well as take advantage of networking opportunities will also be covered. The materials and information provided during the course will be applied during the later afternoon session when students will be challenged to consider, deliberate and develop action plans for a variety of potential IACUC scenarios. Students receive an extensive resources manual as well as copies of relevant laws, regulations, policy and guides.
For more information please contact Joan Czajka, Comparative Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine at (708) 216-9179, E-mail: jczajka@lumc.edu or Cheryl Paulus, Office of Research Services, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine at (708) 216-5997, E-mail: cpaulus@lumc.edu, or Mary Lou James, Consultant, Regulatory Compliance, St. Louis, MO at (314) 997-6896, E-mail: mljames@mo.net
Scientist Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW)
The following is a list of SCAW conferences through the year 2003. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending these educational meetings on research animal welfare and IACUC issues.
For more information, visit the SCAW web site at http://www.scaw.com, phone: (301) 345-3500, fax: (301) 345-3503, or e-mail: info@scaw.com.
139th American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Convention
July 13-17, 2002,
Nashville, Tennessee
This year, the AVMA convention will continue to offer the best scientific
and technology/practice management training from experts in their fields.
In addition, at the 2002 convention:
For more information, go the the AVMA convention web site at http://www.avma.org/conv/default2002.asp
If you have questions, phone: 800-248-2862 ext.4700, fax: 847-925-1329 to Convention Division, or email: convention@avma.org
4th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
The 4th World Congress will be held from August 10-15, 2002, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Congress will be organized around five themes:
A. Replacement and
Reduction Alternatives
B. Policy and Ethics
C. Refinement and Reduction Alternatives
D. Education and Databases
E. Test Development, Validation and Implementation
For more information, visit the website at http://www.worldcongress.net/ or contact The Alternatives Congress Trust, 700 Professional Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, phone: (301) 548-7771, fax: (301) 548-7726, e-mail: fourthworldcongress@starpower.net
October 17 - 19, 2002, Gold Coast International Hotel, Queensland, Australia
The conference “Animal Welfare and Animal Ethics Committees: Where are
the goalposts now?” is designed for people concerned with animal welfare
issues.
For more information and registration please visit the web site at www.adelaide.edu.au/ANZCCART/ or call 61-8-8303 7586.
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) 53rd Annual National Meeting
October 27 - 31,
2002, San Antonio, Texas
AALAS’ National Meeting includes over 150 educational seminars, platform
and poster sessions, workshops, special topic lectures, and round table discussions
covering a wide range of topics designed to keep AALAS members on the leading
edge of their field. The AALAS National Meeting is the largest gathering in
the world of professionals concerned with the production, care, and use of
laboratory animals. It also showcases over 250 commercial exhibit booths.
Materials are available if you are interested in presenting a seminar or workshop, submitting an abstract for poster or platform session, exhibiting at the show or just attending the meeting. Please check the AALAS website at www.aalas.org for forms and information or use Fax on Demand at 901-754-2546 to have documents faxed to you. You can also call the AALAS national office at 901-754-8620.
The Tufts Animal Expo will be held September 12-15, 2002, in Boston, Massachusetts and is produced by Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and Kazmaier International Group. It is a revolutionary educational event and trade show, bringing together veterinarians, veterinary technicians, other professionals in the animal care, health and welfare industry, and human health professionals.
For further information, including educational programs and registration information, please visit the web site at www.tuftsanimalexpo.com or call 1-800-642-9429.
http://www.researchtraining.org/
A comprehensive web course for IACUC members is now available at
http://www.wwla.org.
The course, “Essentials for IACUC Members”, consists of 15 lessons,
and can be completed in multiple sessions. An examination for documenting
training is also available at the site. The material in the course is
extensively referenced against the AWA, USDA AWA Regulations, USDA Policy
Manuel, PHS Policy, and PHS/USDA interpretive rules and guidance released
over the past 10 years. The course also contains dozens of best practices
to increase IACUC compliance and efficiency. The lessons in the course
are as follows:
Free access to more of Laboratory Animals
Nonsubscribers to Laboratory Animals can now access notes and comments, book reviews, table of contents, and abstracts. This service is free of charge, without registration. You also have the opportunity to purchase the individual articles. To access this information, go to http://www.lal.org.uk and click on “online journals.” Selected reprints are also available in full for free by clicking on “online reprints.”
Pain and Distress Report Available Electronically
The Pain and Distress Report, published by the Humane Society of the United States, is a newsletter that provides IACUCs and others in the field of laboratory animal science with up-to-date information regarding pain and distress in laboratory animals. Each Pain and Distress Report includes information on policies and perspectives, resources and services, recent publications, summaries of articles from technical literature, upcoming conferences, pain and distress statistics, attitudes and public opinion, and helpful web sites. Current and previous issues of the newsletters can be viewed at http://www.hsus.org/programs/research/p&d_rep.html. To begin receiving electronic copies of the newsletter via e-mail, please write to ari@hsus.org or call (301) 258-3041.
An Educational Outreach Program of the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research, Inc.
Debuted in January 2002, Breakfast for the Brain will feature a topical article delivered on the first weekday morning of each month, followed by lesson plans, background facts and information, classroom activities, puzzles and games, announcements, and other items related to the topic delivered subsequent mornings throughout the month. While topics will focus on issues and events in biomedicine and biological science, Breakfast for the Brain will strive to be cross-curricular and to relate these issues and events to curricula and events in non-science, as well as science, disciplines.
Subscription to Breakfast for the Brain is free to educators throughout the Northeastern U.S. (New England and New York) and to employees of MSMR member institutions. Others may subscribe at the rate of $100 annually.
Your e-mail address will never be used by the MSMR for any reason other than to contact you about Breakfast for the Brain or related MSMR programs. Instructions for removal will be included in every e-mail. To subscribe, send an e-mail request to Leslie Nader, Ph.D., at lnader@concentric.net. Be sure to specify your preferred e-mail delivery address for Breakfast for the Brain. An e-mail acknowledgment of your subscription will be sent for confirmation purposes, and the premier issue debuted January 2, 2002.
AATA Manual for the Transportation of Live Animals
2nd Edition
ISSN 1366-2066; ISBN 0 9529861 2 4
This manual is a digest of all regulations in place around the world. It covers
all aspects of the legislation concerning documentation, vehicle construction,
specific requirements for certain species, advance arrangements, marking and
labeling and handling procedures. Road transport is the main feature, but
air and sea are referenced as well since ships and aircraft have to be supplied
by road.
Due regard is also given to CITES (Convention on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and OIE (Office International des Epizooties). There is a schedule of management authorities from the Arctic Circle to Ankara, and from Madrid to Moscow, as well as a bibliography and an introduction to the Animal Transportation Association (AATA), which has been involved with all these disciplines since 1976.
This manual will have a wide field of interest among all disciplines associated with livestock transportation including hauliers, farmers, manufacturers of livestock vehicles and containers, exporters and importers, enforcement and welfare bodies, training and assessment teams, government departments, animal handlers, zoological suppliers, veterinarians, national libraries and the insurance industry. For more information, visit http://www.tim-harris.co.uk. The cost of the manual is £45. Send your order to: Harris Associates Ltd., PO Box 251 REDHILL, RH1 5FU England, phone: +44 (0)1737 822249, fax: +44 (0)1737 822954, e-mail: 100257.1720@compuserve.com
Marine Mammals Ashore-CD-ROM version
1993 Texas A&M
University Sea Grant College Program
ISBN 1-883550-01-7
The updated, CD-ROM version of the Geraci and Lounsbury classic manual: Marine
Mammals Ashore: A Field Guide for Strandings, is available through the National
Aquarium in Baltimore. A comprehensive manual for understanding and dealing
with a stranded seal, manatee, dolphin, whale, or sea otter, Marine Mammals
Ashore contains information both for the interested beach dweller or student
and for the scientist or marine resource manager. Marine Mammals Ashore describes
rescue operations, how to organize a response team, and how to deal with the
media and the public. It includes basic information on marine mammal biology,
life history, and health and an extensive bibliography. Marine Mammals Ashore
also provides stranding network participants with practical guidelines for
collecting data and specimens to better understand the biology and behavior
of marine animals and the condition of their environment. For more information
or to order, contact the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Pier 3/501 East Pratt
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-3194 U.S.A., phone: (410) 659-4257, fax: (410)
659-0116, e-mail: mmashore@aqua.org,
or http://www.aqua.org/
Alternative (3Rs) Projects funded by La Fondation Recherches 3R (3R Research Foundation Switzerland)
http://www.forschung3r.ch/fr/projects/index.html
FOUNDATION RESEARCH 3R promotes research on alternative methods for animal
experimentation according to the principles of 3R: Reduction, Refinement
and Replacement.
Check out the great web links.
A Community Approach to Dog Bite Prevention
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The report contains everything community leaders should consider when starting
a dog bite prevention program. Also included are a model dog control ordinance
and model legislation for the control of dangerous dogs. Prepared by the
American Veterinary Medical Association’s Task Force on Canine Aggression
and Human-Canine Interactions.
Air Travel for Your Dog or Cat
http://www.airlines.org/public/publications/display1.asp?id=87
Developed by the Air Transport Association, with the cooperation of the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.csew.com/enrich
This web site contains the course materials for a class on development
and implementation of animal enrichment programs for zoo animals taught
at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
http://www.animalhelp.com/hometown/index.cfm
AnimalHelp.Com is a new, totally different approach to Internet animal
sites. It is not a pet store. No animals are offered for sale. It offers
high-quality information on both domestic and wild animals from veterinarians,
veterinary technicians, wildlife rehabilitators, and zookeepers.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/animal.htm
All animal importations are subject to health, agriculture, wildlife, and
customs requirements. Pets (including cats and dogs) taken out of the United
States are subject, upon return, to the same requirements as those entering
for the first time. Importation of certain species requires a permit from
the CDC, and importation of nonhuman primates is strictly controlled through
a registration process. This U.S. Centers for Disease Control site provides
information and forms.
http://chemacx.cambridgesoft.com/chemacx/index.asp
Looking for a source of MS-222 or pentobarb? The ChemFinder web site gives
you not only the physical property data and 2D chemical structures, it
also provides you with access to online vendors.
http://www.deltasociety.org
a Society is the leading international resource for the human-animal
bond. Its mission is to improve human health through service and therapy
animals by expanding awareness of the positive effect animals can have
on human health and development, removing barriers that prevent involvement
of animals in everyday life and, expanding the therapeutic and service
role of animals in human health, service, and education. It also maintains
a list of service animal trainers and providers for every state in the
United States, as well as internationally.
Environews by Topic: Alternative Test Models
http://eph.niehs.nih.gov/topic/altertest.html
Articles on alternatives to animal use in environmental toxicology.
http://www.osti.gov/fedrnd/
Using research summary and awards data from the Department of Energy, the
National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation, Federal
R&D Project Summaries provides a portal to information about Federal research
projects, complete with full-text single-query searching across databases
residing at different agencies.
http://www.osti.gov/graylit/about.html
Developed by the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical
Information (OSTI), in collaboration with DOD/DTIC, NASA, and EPA, the
GrayLIT Network is a portal for technical report information generated
through federally funded research and development projects.
International Veterinary Information Service
http://www.ivis.org/
International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS) is a not-for-profit
organization established to provide information to veterinarians, veterinary
students, and animal health professionals world wide. The IVIS web site
provides free access to original, up-to-date publications organized in
electronic books each edited by highly qualified editors, proceedings of
veterinary meetings, short courses, continuing education (lecture notes,
manuals, autotutorials and interactive web sites), an international calendar
of veterinary events, image collections, and much more with the help of
private and corporate sponsors.
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/vet
A free “teach yourself” tutorial on Internet information skills for vets.
The Internet is a rich source of information and resources for students,
lecturers, researchers and professionals. This tutorial covers the key
information skills for the Internet environment. Learn how to use the Internet
to help with your coursework, literature searching, teaching, or research.
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/liru_afs/Refman/index.htm
This reference database is intended for research and education. This database
will provide a starting point at which researchers can gather references
on contemporary issues in animal agriculture. It contains more than 25,000
records.
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
Remember those stat classes you slept through? Now you can go online to
brush up on power analysis, measuring effect size, with-in subjects/repeated
measures, etc.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/sharks.htm
Sharks are one of the many research interests of the Florida Museum of
Natural History Ichthyology Division. Here you will find an abundant source
of information and advances relating to sharks and shark conservation.
U.S. Customs-Traveler Information
http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/travel/leavingarrivinginUS/arrival_departure/user_fee_decal.xml
Travelers frequently inquire about taking their pets with them to the United
States. All such importations are subject to health, quarantine, agriculture,
wildlife, and customs requirements and prohibitions. This site answers
your questions.
http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opchomea.htm
The Center’s mission is to acquire and make available, to the people of
the United States, useful photography depicting general agriculture, health,
economics, resource conservation, forestry, and other programs administered
by the agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
WWW Virtual Library for Xenopus
http://www.xenbase.org/
This site contains information on the development of the frog, Xenopus laevis
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