Contents

• About the Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter
  Due to the scientific and technical nature of the material in this publication, we have changed the name to the Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin (beginning with Volume 9, No.1-2).

• Evaluation of Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Mice
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Overview of Experiments
  • References

• Year 2000 Impact on Biomedical Research: Implications for Institutional Disaster Planning
  • Introduction
  • A Y2K Backgrounder
  • Y2K & Animal Facility Hot Spots
    • Utilities
    • Vendor Supplies & Services
    • Security & Physical Plant
    • Veterinary & Animal Care Issues
    • Office & Laboratory Equipment
    • Personnel Issues
  • Y2K & the Institutional Disaster Plan
  • Legal and Insurance Issues
  • Goverment Readiness
  • Summary

  Accompanying sidebars to this article:

  • Year 2000 Facilities Checklist
  • Y2K Readiness for Animal Facilities: HOPE for the best...but PLAN for the worst
  • Y2K Risk Management
  • Y2K and the NIH
  • Online Y2K Vendor Compliance Databases

• Animal Welfare Issues: Swine
  • Introduction
  • Discussion
    • Assessment of Animal Welfare
    • Current Production Practices--Standard Procedures
  • Current Production Practices
    • Space
    • Alternative Practices
  • Glossary
  • References

• Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching

• International News
  • UK Government Announces End to Cosmetic Testing on Animals
  • European Union (EU) Set to Take Welfare Stand on Foie Gras

• Understanding USDA's AWA Policies, Particularly No. 12
  • Introduction
  • What is Policy?
  • A Closer Look at Policy No. 12
  • Final Thoughts

• Animal Care. USDA-APHIS
  • Innovative Enforcement: How USDA Has Used New Tools and Techniques to Improve its Administration of the Animal Welfare Act
    • APHIS' New Enforcement Strategy: Innovative Settlements and Stringent Sanctions
    • Innovative Penalty Highlights
    • Stringent Sanction Highlights
    • Ensuring Collection of Penalties
    • The Bottom Line: The Numbers on APHIS' AWA Enforcement Efforts
    • The Bottom Line 2: Reduction in the Time It Takes To Resolve Cases
    • The Bottom Line 3: Savings for U.S. Taxpayers
    • Conclusion
  • APHIS Notice on Farm Animals in Research
  • New from the Animal Care Policy Manual
    • Policy #26--Regulation of Agricultural Animals--November 17, 1998
    • Policy #27--Capture Methods of Prairie Dogs--February 23, 1999

• Congress In Session

  H.R. 39	H.R. 75	H.R. 88	H.R. 187	H.R. 443	H.R. 453
  H.R. 494	H.R. 525	H.R. 571	H.R. 574	H.R. 765	H.R. 1074
  H.R. 1199	H.R. 1202	H.R. 1791	S. 345	S. 725	S. 1006

• IATA Live Animals Regulations

• Announcements
  
  • Publications, Newsletters, Books, and Videos
    • Available from the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare
      
    • Fish and Wildlife Service Newsletter
      
    • Selection and Use of Replacement Methods in Animal Experimentation
      
    • Ethics and Youth Livestock Show Videos
      
    • Environmental Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates: An Annotated Bibliography for Animal Care Personnel (2nd ed.)
      
    • Women's Health: Developing Treatments and Cures Through Animal Research
      
    • Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
      
    • Available from the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
      
    • Raptors and Climbers--Guidance for Managing Technical Climbing to Protect Raptor Nest Sites
      
    • Wildlife and the American Experience: Public Attitudes Toward Fish and Wildlife Management
      
    • Primate Literature Database on the Web!
      
    • Wildlife Forever CD-ROM Curriculum for Elementary Grades 3-6
      
  • Available on the World Wide Web
    • Ag-Links
      
    • DANR Guide to Disaster Preparedness
      
    • Database of Dutch Alternative Methods
      
    • Dutch Veterinary Information Systems
      
    • E-Vet-The Professionals Veterinary Site
      
    • Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs
      
    • IACUC and Pain-Related Internet Resources
      
    • Join Hands
      
    • Kids Corner from the American Kennel Club
      
    • Norwegian Animal Welfare Act–in English
      
    • Reconstructed Skin–Reproduction of Human Skin
      
    • Veterinary Abbreviations and Acronyms
      
    • Veterinary Parasitology Images Gallery
      

• Third World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences

• VetBase 3.1c - An Electronic Veterinary Formulary
  
  • The Gerbil Veterinary Formulary 1.1

• ALTERNATIVES: Robots for Neurophysiology Research

• New from AWIC

• Grants...

• Conference Announcement. Animal Research: Where Does the Buck Stop

• Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research

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

The Animal Welfare Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351

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