Management of animal care and use programs in research, education, and testing /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Management of laboratory animal care and use programs.
Other Authors: Weichbrod, Robert H. (Editor), Thompson, Gail A. (Editor), Norton, John N. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Evolution of laboratory animal program management
  • Culture of care : organizational responsibilities
  • Fostering collaborative roles and responsibilities for members of an IUCAC or oversight body
  • Bioethics and animal use in programs of research, teaching, and testing
  • Behavioral management programs to promote laboratory animal welfare
  • Education and outreach programs
  • Compliance and regulatory programs
  • Harmonizing international animal care and use programs
  • Assessment and accreditation programs for research animal care and use
  • Facilitating the research process : limiting regulatory burden and leveraging performance standards
  • Human care
  • Education and training
  • Fiscal management
  • Occupational safety and health
  • Program documentation and monitoring
  • Existing and emerging information technology
  • Emergency response and management
  • Facility design, planning, and renovation
  • Special security considerations for protecting programs that use animals
  • Environmental factors : macroenvironment versus microenvironment
  • Small animal enclosures and housing
  • Large (nonagricultural) animal enclosures and housing
  • Agricultural animals
  • Aquatics
  • Nontraditional species
  • Basic animal facility management
  • Feed and bedding
  • Water quality and water delivery systems
  • Management of research animal breeding colonies
  • Managing husbandry programs involving experimental hazards
  • Veterinary care
  • Behavioral training as part of the health care program
  • Managing animal colony health
  • Surgery
  • Euthanasia
  • Future directions and challenges.