Related Links

Animal Alternatives

• Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing - Johns Hopkins University
• NC3Rs - National Center for the Replacment, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
• Sniffy the Virtual Rat
• University of California Center for Animal Alternatives

Animal Handling and Techniques

• Information on blood sampling methods
  
• Online tutorial on handling small mammals
• Submandibular blood collection in the mouse
• Blood collection using the saphenous vein
• Camilla's method for rat injections

Animal Models

• Model Organisms for Biomedical Research - NIH
• International Mouse Strain Resource

Animal Welfare

• Animal Welfare Information Center
• Assessing Animal Health and Welfare - online tutorial for researchers and students
• Guidelines A-Z - a collection of guidelines for the use of animals in research
• Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
• Recognizing postoperative pain in animals - online tutorial for researchers and students
• Recognition & Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals - ILAR report 2009
• Recognition & Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals - ILAR report 2008
  
• Scientists Center for Animal Welfare

Commercial Suppliers

• Charles River Laboratories
• Harlan
• Jackson Laboratories
• Taconic

Kid's Sites

• Neuroscience for Kids
• SCI4KIDS - USDA
• Science News for Kids

Laboratory Animal Medicine and Disease

• American Committee on Laboratory Animal Diseases
• Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
• IDEXX RADIL - Research Animal Diagnostic and Investigative Laboratory in Columbia, MO
  

Laboratory Animal Organizations

• AAALAC - Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
• AALAS - American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
• American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Regulatory and Occupational Health and Safety

• Animal Research Advisory Committee Guidelines - NIH
• Animal Procedures Committee - United Kingdom
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories - CDC
• Canadian Council on Animal Care
• Controlled Drug Registration Application - DEA
• IACUC.org
• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare - NIH
• Office for Research Protections - Penn State
• USDA Animal Welfare

Research and Animal Issues Sites

• Speaking of Research

Science and Biology Sites

• National Wildlife Health Center - USGS

Statistics

• Isogenic.info - Michael FW Festing website on the design of animal research.

Veterinary Sites

• American Veterinary Medical Association
• Netvet
• Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association