USDA Animal Care: Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations
Title | USDA Animal Care: Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations PDF eBook |
Author | Agriculture Dept., Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
Publisher | Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 2017-03 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780160937507 |
Passed by Congress in 1966, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) sets general standards for humane care and treatment that must be provided for certain animals that are bred for commercial sale, sold sight unseen (Internet sales), exhibited to the public, used in biomedical research, or transported commercially. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has published the Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations, known as the "Blue Book," as a tool to improve compliance among our licensees and registrants and to enhance the consistency of inspections by our field inspectors. The Blue Book consolidates into one source the AWA and the applicable regulations and standards. These regulations must be followed by those responsible for the care and handling of animals, including farmers. In addition, animal activists, lawyers, American citizens, zoologists, wildlife rehabilitator specialists, veterinarians, pet care and grooming organizations and their staff, other animal caretakers,USDA employees, and students pursuing research for essays and papers relating to animal rights and care may be interested in these regulations. Related products: CFR Title 9 Animals and Animal Products, Part 1-199, Revised as of January 1, 2017 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/code-federal-regulations-title-9-animals-and-animal-products-part-1-199-revised-january-1 9 CFR Animals and Animal Products, Part 200- End, Revised as of January 1, 2017 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/code-federal-regulations-title-9-animals-and-animal-products-part-200-end-revised-january-1 National Wildlife Refuge System: A Visitor's Guide is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/national-wildlife-refuge-system-visitors-guide Animals & Wildlife resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/animals-wildlife
Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act; and Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title | Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act; and Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Animal experimentation |
ISBN |
Licensing and registration under the Animal Welfare Act
Title | Licensing and registration under the Animal Welfare Act PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 20 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Animal welfare |
ISBN |
Definition of Pain and Distress and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Animals
Title | Definition of Pain and Distress and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Animals PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 131 |
Release | 2001-01-26 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309072913 |
In this first in a proposed series of workshops on regulatory issues in animal care and use, the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) has addressed the existing and proposed requirements for reporting pain and distress in laboratory animals. The Animal Welfare Act, administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), mandates that pain and distress in laboratory animals be minimized. USDA is considering two policy changes with regard to this specific mandate. Firstly, since there has been no functional definition of "distress," USDA has prepared such a definition and requested feedback from the scientific community on its usefulness for regulatory and reporting requirements. The second issue concerns the pain and distress categorization scheme for reporting to USDA. Various groups and individuals have questioned the efficacy of the current categories, and specific changes have been proposed by the Humane Society of the United States. USDA is considering these and other potential changes to the existing scheme. Thus, given these potential changes to animal welfare policy, the aim of the ILAR/NIH joint workshop was to provide feedback to the USDA. The speakers were asked to address these two issues as well as to comment upon whether the information contained in the 1992 ILAR report Recognition and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals is still useful to investigators in assisting them to comply with regulations. The speakers provided perspectives based on their individual expertise in the areas of science of pain and distress, animal welfare policy, protocol review, and/or as representatives of relevant organizations or institutions. The following proceedings are an edited transcript of their presentations.
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Title | Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals PDF eBook |
Author | National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office for Protection from Research Risks |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Animal experimentation |
ISBN |
Model Animal Welfare Act
Title | Model Animal Welfare Act PDF eBook |
Author | Janice Cox |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 129 |
Release | 2016-12-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780692803158 |
This Model Animal Welfare Act has been designed to serve as a basic template and guidance document for those interested in enacting new legislation or improving existing animal protection legislation. It has been drafted using an extensive comparative law exercise, taking into account 'best practice' in the field. Thus it is aspirational in nature; seeking to provide the best possible structures, systems and provisions to protect the welfare of animals. This may mean that countries which are just starting to establish animal welfare requirements might decide to introduce its provisions progressively. In such cases, a strategic approach (step-wise and prioritised) is recommended. This could also be considered in cases where countries already have structures, systems and provisions that have been introduced gradually over time, but remain less than optimal. The important principle is that each country works progressively towards the best possible protection for the welfare of its animal population, and indeed - as elaborated in the Three Rs approach - the eventual reduction and replacement of any uses of animals which compromise their welfare.The purpose of this Model Animal Welfare Act is to function as an 'umbrella' or 'framework' law. It represents an international unification and harmonisation of animal protection and welfare legislation, which can be adapted or modified - if the circumstances require - in Common Law as well as Civil Law systems. Elements of both legal orders have been considered and incorporated to achieve (as far as possible for the present day) a comprehensive, far-reaching and progressive approach to animal welfare legislation which takes account of the desired expedience when it comes to prevention of animal cruelty and abuse, establishing responsibility and the principle of care towards the animal, promoting the education and sensitisation of the population, as well as offering effective solutions for efficient law enforcement. This Model Act was created in order to govern people's behaviour, while other civil or religious legal systems may take a very different form (for example, be limited to 'codes' or 'edicts'). Nonetheless, elements of this Act can also be used for inspiration in creating, amending or interpreting these.
Careers in APHIS.
Title | Careers in APHIS. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 24 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Animals |
ISBN |