Contents

• About the Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter

• Laboratory Animals in Space Life Sciences Research
  
  • Abstract
    
  • Introduction
    
  • Laboratory Animals Demonstrate That Living Organisms Can Survive in Space
    
  • Space Shuttle Provides a More Suitable Environment for Animal Research
    
  • Ground Control Flight Simulation And Animal Monitoring
    
  • International Space Station Alpha
    
  • Conclusions
    
  • Endnotes
    
  • References

• Congress In Session

  H.R. 2179	S. 968	S. 768	H.R. 1619	S. 773	S. 852
  S. 745	H.R. 1529	S. 555	H.R. 1977	H.R. 1864	S. 790

• Save the Manatee Club

• The Role of the Librarian in the Work of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
  
  • The Information Needs of the IACUC
    
  • Development of Library Services for the IACUC at Emory University
  • Laboratory Animal Care and Use Training and the Emory Information
  • Concerns of a Librarian on the IACUC
  • Resource File

• Environmental Enrichment Guide for Laboratory Animals Now Available from NAL and UFAW

• Alternatives in Research
  • Computer Simulation Studies and Biomedical Research
  • Selection for Improved Efficiency of Lean Gain in Mice: Population and Procedures
    • Introduction
      
    • Materials and Methods
      
    • Results
      
    • Summary
      
    • References

    • Related article: Alternatives in Body Composition Analysis from EM-SCAN

• Americans With Disabilities Act and Its Applicability to Zoos

• Announcements
  • Alternatives Funding Directory
    
  • Wildlife Mammals as Research Models: In the Laboratory and Field
    
  • New Alternatives Newsletter
    
  • Food for Thought
    
  • Heifer Project International
    
  • Electronic Newsgroups, Gophers, and Websites

• Grants
  • Call for CAAT Research Proposals
    
  • WARDS Offering $10,000 in Grants for Refinement Work
    
  • Call for 3R Research Proposals
    
  • National Science Foundation Animal Behavior Grants
    
  • Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund (American Museum of Natural History)
    
  • Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund (American Museum of Natural History)
    
  • Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research (American Museum of Natural History)
    
  • Southwestern Research Station (American Museum of Natural History)
    
  • Biological Research Station of the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve
    
  • Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
    
  • Winn Feline Grants
    
  • Dr. Hadwen Trust for Humane Research
    
  • Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc.
    
  • Clinical Neuroscience of Drug Abuse and Addiction, PA-95-089
    
  • Research on Atherosclerosis Lesions Using Human Tissues Collected in PDAY/RFEHA, PA-95-085

• AWIC Workshop: "Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act"

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