If you need an accommodation to attend please email awic@usda.gov five business days in advance.
The AWA regulations require principal investigators to provide Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) with documentation demonstrating that their activities do not unnecessarily duplicate previous experiments and that alternatives to procedures that may cause more than momentary pain or distress to the animals have been considered (9 C.F.R. § 2.31 (d)(1)(ii-iii)(2021)). An alternative is any method which results in the replacement or reduction of animals, or refinement of experimental techniques. A thorough literature search regarding alternatives meets this Federal mandate.
The objectives of the workshop are to provide:
- An overview of the AWA and its requirements;
- A review of the 3Rs alternatives concept;
- A comprehensive introduction to NAL, AWIC and other organizations;
- Instruction on the use of existing information databases/networks; and
- Online database searching experience.
This free workshop is particularly beneficial to researchers, animal care staff, veterinarians, IACUC members, librarians, and students, but anyone can register.
