UCAR Manual on the Responsible Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Introduction

Scientists working with laboratory animals in research or teaching protocols may find the long list of acronyms used to describe regulatory, institutional and funding agencies overwhelming. The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (I.A.C.U.C.), Public Health Service (P.H.S.), United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.), and New York State Department of Health (N.Y.S.D.H.) play instrumental roles in laboratory animal care and use at the University of Rochester. The purpose of Chapter 1 is to introduce the organizations that promulgate regulations and requirements we must be familiar with to maintain the license and privilege to use laboratory animals in biomedical research.