The POLA course is designed primarily for people who are responsible for recognition and interpretation of lesions in laboratory animals. It is intended to help attendees interpret spontaneous diseases that might affect experimental results or alter the health of laboratory animals. Pathology will receive major emphasis in the course, but other features of diseases such as etiology, diagnosis, and control will also be examined. The course will encompass a wide range of diseases including neoplastic, iatrogenic, and infectious diseases in a variety of species. The class will be held on August 11-14, 1997.
The CLASS course provides an intensive and comprehensive review of selected topics in laboratory animal science and medicine. The course includes lectures on animal models, research methods, animal medicine and surgery, emerging diseases, occupational health issues, regulations, laws and guidelines, alternatives to laboratory animals, and facility management. The first day of this seminar overlaps the fourth day of the POLA. This class will be held on August 14-15, 1997.
These course will be held at the William H. Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. For further information, please contact Lawrence Austin, Department of Education Services, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, phone: (800) 577-3749 (U.S. only), (202) 782-5021, fax: (202) 782-7164, e-mail: came@email.afip.osd.mil, website http://www.afip.mil
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The 24th Annual NCAB-AALAS Seminar will be held at Turf Valley Hotel and Country Club in Ellicott City, Maryland, on September 10-11, 1997. This year's seminar is entitled Future Vision: Laboratory Animal Science -- The Next Generation. A variety of innovative and informative sessions are being offered relating to how current events will affect future research and our own personal lives and careers in the next century.
A workshop is planned for September 9, 1997, on Rodent Rederivation and Necropsy Techniques. Rosemarie Hunziker and Georgina Miller are workshop chairpersons. This full-day workshop will cost $45 for NCAB members and $60 for non-members. Lunch is included.
The 1997 general registration fees are $55 for 1 day or $90 for 2 days for NCAB members; $70 for 1 day and $105 for 2 days for non-members. For additional information, please contact James Raber at phone: (301) 402-3909, fax: (301) 402-0035, or Larry Cunnick at phone: (301) 417-0806, fax: (301) 417-9238.
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This program is designed to explore the biological mechanisms involved in cellular function and to identify methods to evaluate these mechanisms as well as chemical effects on them. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) and the Industrial In-Vitro Toxicology Group and will be held at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 7-10, 1997. For additional information contact Office of Continuing Medical Education, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Turner 20, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205-2195 USA, phone: (410) 955-2959, fax: (410) 955-0807, or e-mail: cmenet@som.adm.jhu.edu
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The Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching and the National Animal Ethics Advisory Council will be sponsoring a 2-day conference on Ethical Approaches to Animal-Based Science on September 19-20,1997, in Auckland, New Zealand.
This conference will be valuable to anyone interested in the place of ethics in science. Animal-based scientists, including researchers, teachers, and students, will find it particularly relevant, as will all others concerned about animal welfare, emerging environmental pressures as they affect animal welfare, the effectiveness of animal ethics committees, and the promotion of humane practices in the use of animals in science. The 3Rs -- reduce, refine, and replace as principles that minimize the number of animals used and the pain or suffering they may experience, will be given prominence throughout the program, in view of their central place in providing credibility to harm-benefit arguments advanced to support specific uses of animals in research and teaching.
The cost for registration is NZ $180 (about US $130) before June 30, 1997; NZ $210 (about US $150) after. For more information or to register contact Ms. Gill Sutherland, ANZCCART, P.O. Box 598, Wellington, New Zealand, phone: +64-4-4727421, fax: +64-4-4731841, e-mail: anzccart@rsnz.govt.nz
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The conference "Hot Topics for Animal Care and Use Committees" will be held December 11-12, 1997 in San Antonio, TX. For additional information contact SCAW, 7833 Walker Drive, Suite 340, Greenbelt, MD 20770, phone: (301) 345-3500, fax: (301) 345-3503, e-mail: scaw@erols.com.
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In this report, data are presented on day and night sound levels throughout the hearing range of the dog in a variety of dog housing facilities, an analysis of the causes of noise and, housing and husbandry systems that accentuate or ameliorate noise problems. Recommendations are provided on ways of reducing noise, in new and existing facilities, through the use of sound absorbing materials, building design, and husbandry techniques. The cost is £5 or US $10 post free from UFAW. Review copies are available for journals and newsletters. Contact Robert Hubrecht or Vicky Taylor.
This book presents a selection of peer-reviewed and edited papers from a conference jointly sponsored by UFAW and the Mammal Society that includes contributions from an international array of wildlife biologists, ecologists, and conservationists. In 22 chapters the issues involved in harvesting, hunting, sustainable trade, and ecotourism are explored and set in a context of past and present mammal exploitation. The resulting volume provides a stimulating and wide-ranging review of current attitudes to mammal exploitation that will be of interest to zoologists, ecologists, animal behaviorists, wildlife managers, conservation biologists, and campaigners. Review copies are available from the U.K. offices of Chapman & Hall at phone: 0171865 0066. The cost for this book is £39.50 or US $80. Postage outside Europe will be invoiced separately.
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Animal shelters will soon have people specifically trained to supervise and operate both public and private shelters, thanks to a new spring program being offered at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, New York. The 6-week course is offered through the Veterinary Technician Program and includes animal control roles and duties, Federal, State, and local regulations, animal shelter policy and design, intake and release of animals (domestic, exotic, and farm), capture, and restraint. For more information, call John Salig at (516) 796-0564 or e-mail: SALIGSEVEN@msn.com
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The humane care and management of rabbits used in research is an ongoing concern. This guide was created especially for individuals performing research with rabbits whose duties include animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures. Among the many features of this book are references to alternative procedures and methods and sources and suppliers of rabbits, feed, sanitation supplies, cages, and research and veterinary supplies. It also provides detailed information on the humane care and management of rabbits in the laboratory, including environmental enrichment ideas. This book is available from CRC Press, 200 Corporated Blvd., N.W., Boca Raton, FL 33431-9868, phone: (800) 272-7737 (U.S. only) or (407) 994-0555 (international customers or within Florida), fax: (800) 374-3401 (U.S. only), e-mail: orders@crcpress.com. The cost is US $39.95 plus postage ($5 within U.S. or US $10 international). Other titles will be available in 1997 and 1998.
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SimNerv is an interactive multimedia simulation of the classic frog nerve experiment. This experiment serves as an introduction to the basic elements of electrophysiology by allowing students to observe the reaction of the nervus ischiadicus to different stimuli and stimuli sequences and draw conclusions regarding the basic properties of nerves. Video clips of a complete dissection of the nervus ischiadicus from decapitation to nerve excision can be observed, so that the student can obtain a full understanding of the detailed procedures involved in preparing the frog for experiments. Using realistic, fully adjustable on-screen laboratory equipment, any combination of parameter adjustments can be made by the student and applied to the nerve. Switches, sliders, and dials are all adjustable with the click of the mouse, and experiments may be carried out in any order.
Among the experiments that can be carried out are determination of conduction velocity, construction of strength-duration diagrams, determination of absolute and relative refractory periods, anodic and cathodic excitability, and determination of chronaxy and rheobase response to ligature of the nerve. For additional information, contact Medical Multimedia Systems, 1247 East 70th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11234, phone: (800) 769-7799 (U.S. only) or (718) 444-7763, e-mail: medmult@aol.com, WWW: http://www.webcom.com/medmult
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