New Animal Care Guide Leaves Details To Scientists' Discretion
Sidebars How to Get the Guide Committee to Revise the ILAR Guide REVISIONIST: Retired teacher Jo Ann Steggerda's presence on the panel was criticized. Most laboratory scientists, and even some animal-welfare advocates, are applauding the newly published seventh edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The new edition, the first update since 1985, was published by the National Research Council's Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR). It places far greater rel
Jul 21, 1996
How to Get the Guide Committee to Revise the ILAR Guide |
![]() REVISIONIST: Retired teacher Jo Ann Steggerda's presence on the panel was criticized. |
The ILAR guide's requirements are binding on all research supported by Public Health Service agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Many other...
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