USDA:

• Animal Welfare Act Regulations - Animal Welfare Regulations, 9 CFR Ch. 1 APHIS, Dept of Agriculture, Part 2 - Regulations (Rev 1-1-2008): http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/downloads/awr/awr.pdf

• Animal Welfare Act as amended (7 USC, 2131 et. Seq., rev 2-1-2010) - Laws governing transport and other regulations of several species, including dogs and horses: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/downloads/awa/awa.pdf

• USDA Animal Care Policies, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/policys.html

PHS Policy:

• Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, Public Health Service, (August 2002): http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm

"The Guides":

• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 1996 (7th) Edition, ILAR, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council, National Academy Press: http://www.nap.edu/html/labrats/

• 8th Edition Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (2010), National Research Council, Washington, D.C.: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12910

• Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, Third Edition (2010): http://www.fass.org/page.asp?pageID=216

• AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia, June 2007: http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf

• ARENA/OLAW Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook, 2nd Edition 2002: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/guidebook.pdf or http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm (under "Resources")

• Other links may be found on the RU IACUC website: http://irb-iacuc.asp.radford.edu/public_html/Pages/ACUC.htm