Abstract

KIE: Developments in the U.S. during 1985 related to laboratory animal welfare are discussed. The enactment of amendments to the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 and revisions to the Public Health Service's animal care guidelines are described as major federal moves to tighten standards and to locate responsibility for proper animal care at the institutional level. These regulatory changes will have a significant economic impact on the cost of doing research, but are generally accepted by the scientific community as necessary. Although moderate animal welfare groups see signs of progress, there is a growing number of activists who see recent policy developments as only a step toward the real goal of total elimination of the use of animals in research. It is apparent that the combination of political pressure, financial stringency, and better experimental methodologies will result in a continued reduction in laboratory animal use.

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• Animal Care Committees
• Animal Experimentation*
• Animal Testing Alternatives
• Animal Welfare*
• Animals
• Animals, Laboratory*
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• Birds
• Chick Embryo
• Decapodiformes
• Federal Government
• Government Regulation
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• National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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• United States

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