Animal Care Best Practices for Regulatory Testing

Knowledge Source Identification
Knowledge source name	Animal Care Best Practices for Regulatory Testing
Owner/Developer	Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal
Abbreviated owner	ILAR Journal
Country	United States of America
Languages	English
URL	http://ilarjournal.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/Suppl_1/S49.full
Description	Best practices result from a partnership between law, science, and the people working with the animals on regulated studies. In an ideal setting, people working with animals observe and study animal behavior as influenced by different housing and handling paradigms. These observations are published to create a body of science, and laws are promulgated based on the science. The ideal world does not exist, but there are certain components of best practices common to all species. These components include study design, housing, social contact, diet/feed, enrichment devices, and human interaction. This paper outlines how the forces of law, science, and people work to create best practices for species in regulated studies, specifically mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, and nonhuman primates.
Knowledge Source Category
Category	Publication
Sub categories	Review / Research article
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing
Dissemination channel	Website, Printed
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis)	Scientists, Industry, Researchers, Students
Users access	Open access
Knowledge Characterization
3Rs relevance	Replacement, Reduction, Refinement
Purpose	Animal welfare, Documentation and information, Regulatory testing