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NOT-OD-23-057 : NIH is encouraging award recipients to include the ARRIVE Essential 10 Checklist in all NIH-supported publications describing vertebrate animal and cephalopod research. The ARRIVE Guidelines, which includes the checklist, can be viewed...

Please visit HCCM's website for all current recommended analgesia and anesthesia regimens. If you have any questions or concerns about the new regimens, please reach out to HCCM. If your IACUC protocol is affected by these updates, your Protocol Liaison...

The Science article discusses how nutrition scientists agree that reformulating rodent feed, such as AIN-93, to be more nutritious and consistent would improve an animal’s health and limit possible confound variable in experiments. Related: Michael A...

The December 2019 issue of Comparative Medicine is devoted to pain as a clinical factor and experimental variable in laboratory rodents – covering ethical considerations regarding analgesia and pain management, the importance of pain recognition and...

EHS has just introduced a new online training on the use of DEA controlled substances in research. This course provides instructions for obtaining, securing, using, and disposing of controlled substances used in research, in accordance with the US...

The IACUC has transitioned to the Harvard Training Portal for all online animal-related training. Any AALAS Learning Library completions from the past 3 years will still be accepted. Animal training in the HTP must be assigned by the Principal...