RESADMers, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at my institution wants to rewrite its policy manual, so I'm looking for some good examples I can borrow from.  If anyone can point me to an animal care policy or set of procedures which seem to satisfy most folks on your campus, I'll be grateful.

We need:
--A concise but convincing explanation of the need for animal care policies; the explanation should help both students and faculty understand why we have an IACUC and they have to fill out protocols.
--Procedures which work for both lab and farm animals (since we have an ag school and lab farms here).  I.e., we must be in accord with both PHS and USDA rules and regulations.

Regards, Bill

Bill Campbell
Director, Grants & Research
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
715/425-3195
xxxxxx@uwrf.edu

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