Research Animal Anesthesia, Analgesia and Surgery (A.C. Smith and M.M. Swindle, eds.) is the proceedings of a conference held by the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 12-13, 1994. Topics include:
The 170-page document is available for $55 from SCAW, Golden Triangle Building One, 7833 Walker Dr., Suite 340, Greenbelt, MD 20770.
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The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS) is issuing a call for papers. Conceived to promote the emerging field of animal welfare science, the goal of the journal is to publish articles and reports on methods of experimentation, husbandry, and care that demonstrably enhance the welfare of animals. The first volume of JAAWS will be available January 1996 and thereafter on a quarterly basis. JAAWS will replace Humane Innovations and Alternatives, the eighth and final volume of which was published in 1994.
A co-project of the Association of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PSYeta), JAAWS will consider manuscripts in four broad areas of animal welfare science. Formats include empirically based reports and invited or submitted articles and accompanying commentaries. Section editors for the four content areas covered by the journal are:
David B. Morton, Laboratory Animals
Joy A. Mench, Farm Animals
James A. Serpell, Companion Animals
Marc Bekoff, Wildlife/Zoo
A special inaugural issue of JAAWS will be published in the fall of 1995. It will begin a series of critical reviews of the four content areas, making suggestions for needed and more effective research. It will be available for a modest fee, and free with the purchase of a subscription to Volume 1.
For information on submissions and subscriptions, write to: Kenneth Shapiro, Ph.D., PSYeta, P.O. Box 1297, Washington Grove, MD 20880 (e-mail: kshapiro@cap.gwu.edu) or Stephen Zawistowski, Ph.D., ASPCA, 424 East 92nd St., New York, NY 10128.
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The Maintenance of Bats in Captivity, by Susan M. Barnard of Zoo Atlanta, is a manual that details the captive care of both native and exotic bat species. It includes successful methods for hand-raising infant fruit, vampire, and insectivorous bats. Also included is information on bat rehabilitation, transportation, environment, housing, nutrition, medical, and necropsy considerations. The 104-page illustrated volume is available for $9.95 (U.S.); Canada and Mexico, $10.75 surface rate or $11.50 air mail; other countries, $13 surface rate or $17 air mail from the author at: 6146 Fieldcrest Dr., Morrow, GA 30260.
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The Tufts Veterinary School International Department sends out
several students each year to set up laboratories in developing
countries. These labs are used for diagnosing and treating
animals as part of wildlife conservation and development
projects. Very few resources are available in these countries,
and donations of equipment can make a huge difference in the
quality of life for both animals and people. Surplus equipment
currently needed include (but are not limited to) microscopes
(electric lighting and mirror), computers (IBM or Macs),
printers, table top centrifuges, small refrigerators, electric
and balance scales, glassware, and pipettors. The Tufts
Veterinary School will pay for all shipping costs. If you have
any surplus equipment, contact Ellen Messner by e-mail:
emessner@opal.tufts.edu, by phone: (508) 839-5395, ext. 4767, or
at this address:
International Department, Tufts Veterinary School, 200 Westboro
Rd., North Grafton, MA 01536.
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The Center for Applied Animal Behavior is sponsoring two dog behavior workshops in 1995. Dr. Dunbar's 5th Annual Puppy Training Instructor's Workshop will be held at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando on May 12-14. Dr. Dunbar's 5th Annual Dog Behavior and Training Course: Canine Aggression, Biting and Fighting will be held on June 23-25 at A Better Companion Dog Training Center in Houston, Texas. For more information about either workshop, contact Jean Farquhar or Sandra Thompson at (510) 658-8588.
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The National Institutes of Health, Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR), will co-sponsor the workshop Internal Audits of the Animal Care and Use Program with the Medical School of Georgia and Albany State College on September 14-15, 1995, in Augusta, Georgia. The theme of the workshop will address processes whereby Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) can effectively evaluate their institution's animal care and use program. Other issues to be included are veterinary care; the animal environment; and record, facility, and program reviews. For additional information, contact: Roberta Sonneborn, Office for Protection from Research Risks, Division of Animal Welfare, Building 31/Room 5B63, Bethesda, MD 20892, Tel: (301) 496-7163, Fax: (301) 402-2803.
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An international conference and workshop on the biology and conservation of prosimians will be held September 14-16, 1995, at the North of England Zoological Society in the United Kingdom. The conference, co-sponsored by the University of Liverpool, The European Federation for Primatology, The Primate Society of Great Britain, and the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, aims to promote in situ and ex situ conservation of primates through exchange of relevant research information on their general biology, ecology, behavior, geographic distribution, and conservation status in the wild. Conservation workshops will concentrate on applying this information to the development of practical action plans, management projects, skills and strategies including programs for breeding and reintroduction with attention to pre-release behavioral enrichment and genetic assessment. For more information, contact: Dr. Gordon Reid, Curator in Chief, North of England Zoological Society, Caughall Road, Upton by Chester, CH2 1LH or Robin Crompton by e-mail: rhcromp@liverpool.ac.uk.
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The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) are sponsoring an international conference on The Well-being of Animal Research Models in Zoos and Aquaria on May 8-9, 1995, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Session topics will include:
For more information, contact: SCAW, 7833 Walker Dr., Suite 340, Greenbelt, MD 20770, Tel: (301) 345-3500, Fax: (301) 345-3503.
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This course will be held June 24 -29, 1995, at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. The course is open to college faculty and others who would like to improve their skills in teaching ethical issues surrounding the use of animals as research subjects. Emphasis will be on how to use this course material in classroom instruction.
Topics include the moral status of non-human animals, the justification for using animals as experimental subjects, ethical concerns about vulnerable subjects, student objections, the use of alternatives, animal harms and pain, legal issues, and the importance of species. Varying points of view will be presented in a well-balanced fashion. The course directors are F. Barbara Orlans, PhD, and Tom L. Beauchamp, PhD, both of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. For more information: contact Moheba Hanif, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 20057, Tel: (202) 687-6833, Fax: (202) 687-8089, e-mail: hanifm@guvax.georgetown.edu.
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The address for the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) has changed to:
National Institutes of Health
Office for Protection from Research Risks
6100 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7507
Rockville, MD 20892-7507
You will note that a Mail Stop Code (MSC) and corresponding nine-digit zip code have been added to facilitate delivery of U.S. Postal Service mail. The address for express or hand-delivered mail is:
National Institutes of Health
Office for Protection from Research Risks
6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite 3B01
Rockville, MD 20892
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Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, is organizing a conference on "Animals in Science --Perspectives on Their Use, Care and Welfare" to be held on April 19-21, 1995. On Saturday, April 22, there will be an "Open Half Day" with short presentations on a range of topics of interest to high school teachers, students, and interested members of the public.
Topics will include:
Running concurrently on Friday, April 21, is a session on "Partial or Total Replacement of Animals in Teaching" and a workshop on the "Development and Validation of Replacement of Animals in Teaching." These sessions will end with a talk on "What Now? Where To From Here?"
Visiting speakers include David Morton (University of Birmingham), Michael Balls (ECVAM), Vera Baumans (University of Utrecht), and Ken Boschert (COMPMED, Washington University).
For more information contact: Noel Johnston, Executive Officer - Animal Ethics, Research Ethics Unit, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168 Australia. Tel: +61 3 905 3037, Fax: +61 3 905 3866, e-mail: noel.johnston@adm.monash.edu.au.
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The Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources'(ILAR) Committee on Psychological Well-being of Nonhuman Primates is in the final stages of preparing a report that will: evaluate environmental variables that are most influential in affecting the well-being of nonhuman primates; evaluate behavioral and physiological measures which are objective indices of the effects of these environmental variables; produce recommendations and procedures for use by institutions in developing plans consistent with Federal law and; suggest priorities for future research. Publication is expected in spring 1995. For more information contact Mara Aimone at (202) 334-2590.
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Thanks to the kindness of Duncan Bennett of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, this directory is now available in a keyword search format on the World Wide Web. The location is http://www.wcmc.org.uk/infoserv/zoodir.html. Text version updates may be obtained by ftp at ftp.wcmc.org.uk in pub/docs. Check out all of the WCMC's great information resources. (If you have a web site and could point to this list, it would be greatly appreciated.)
Who is included:
If your work fits into one of the above categories and you would like to be included in the directory, please send an e-mail message with a subject line of "zoo list entry" and the following information to tpolk@indy.net. Please include your name, title, institution, animals worked with (if applicable), other notes (please keep brief), and your Internet address. If you do not have access to the WWW or FTP, send a mail message with a subject line of "send zoo list" and you will receive a copy of the directory.
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BrainStorm is an interactive multimedia atlas of neuroanatomy for medical and graduate students, and for review of basic science by medical or scientific professionals. It incorporates magnified myelin-stained cross-sections, labelled and annotated with comprehensive references to color dissections, interactive diagrams, and descriptive text.
The product is available as a single-user license for $500 and as a multi-user site license (up to 20 users) for $1,000. The system requires a color Macintoshtm with a 13" or larger screen, 5 mBytes RAM and system version 6.0.4 or later.
For more information or ordering, write OTL, Mail Code 1850, 900 Welch Road, Suite 350, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304-1850 or call Stanford Office of Technology Licensing at (415) 723-0651.
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Compiled by Thane Johnson, Volunteer, Sacramento Zoo, this bibliography is designed to give keepers, curators, volunteers, and others involved in the care of farm animals an introduction into the large volume of literature dealing with farm animals.
It is available from AWIC, or please send a No. 10 self-addressed, stamped envelope (affix two first-class stamps) to the following address:
Thane Johnson
Keeper Aide, Sacramento Zoo
4561 Tippwood Way
Sacramento, CA 95842
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The Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) has recently awarded two contracts entitled "Brain and Tissue Bank for Developmental Disorders" to the University of Miami and University of Maryland School of Medicine. The joint endeavor is seeking biopsy and autopsy tissue on selected disorders of the brain and nervous system. The disorders to be collected include but are not limited to chromosomal anomalies, inborn errors of metabolism, syndromes associated with developmental delay, and disorders of cerebral cortex and motor development, such as metabolic brain disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, anterior horn cell disease, muscular dystrophies, mitochondrial encephalomyopathies, tuberous sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, fragile X syndrome, and X-linked MR syndromes. Both of the banks will provide rapid autopsy service for procurement, processing, storage and dispersement of brain and other tissues, as well as tissue culture specimens on these disorders and selected controls.
The banks are designed to further and help develop research programs around the United States. State-of-the-art molecular analysis, neuropathological evaluation, and tissue culture samples (myoblasts, fibroblasts, lymphoblasts) are also available from autopsy and biopsy tissue. The services are operational on a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week basis. The principal purpose of this Bank is to provide tissue to researchers to further their research and research on the above-listed diseases. Specific requests related to tissue processing or other diseases can also be implemented. For more information and case enrollment, contact Stuart Stein, M.D., PI., the University of Miami Brain and Tissue Bank 1-(800) 59-BRAIN, (305) 547-6586 or (305) 547-6834) or Dr. Ronald Zielke, P.I., University of Maryland, (410) 706-6911 or 1-(800) 847-1539.
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The Animal Welfare Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (301) 504-6212
FAX: (301) 504-7125
E-mail: awic@nal.usda.gov
