OLAW Issues Guidance on Significant Changes to Ongoing Animal Activities

 

 

The National Institutes of Health, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), has issued new guidance to research facilities funded by the U.S. Public Health Service. USDA Animal Care accepts this guidance for facilities registered under the Animal Welfare Act.

 

A notice published by OLAW on Aug. 26, 2014, outlines the significant changes to ongoing animal activities that will require a review by a facility’s institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC).  

 

The official OLAW guidance can be found here. Other helpful resources include: a seminar attended by OLAW, USDA Animal Care and other IACUC experts; and the public comments received in response to OLAW’s request for information prior to publishing its guidance.

If you have any questions, contact OLAW’s Office of Extramural Research by phone at (301) 496-7163 or email at olaw@od.nih.gov.

 

 

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