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Response to Protocol Review Scenario: Federal oversight needed

Lab Animal volume 38, pages 78–79 (2009)Cite this article

As defined by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, the IACUC is a self-regulating entity that, according to US federal law, must be established by any institution that uses laboratory animals for research or instructional purposes to oversee and evaluate all aspects of the institution's animal care and use program (http://www.iacuc.org/aboutus.htm).

Larry Covelli, Great Eastern's IACUC chairman, hit the nail partially on the head when he stated that “the Department of Health, the police and even some private veterinarians euthanize animals for rabies examinations all the time. They don't have IACUCs. Just because we're in the same building and our animal facility is near the diagnostic lab doesn't mean that we're obligated to review their protocols.”

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  1. Protocol for Postmortem Diagnosis of Rabies in Animals by Direct Fluorescent Antibody Testing. II: Safety. <http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/docs/standard_dfa_protocol_rabies.pdf>.

  2. American Veterinary Medical Association. Guidelines for Euthanasia (2007) <http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf>.

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  1. Donohue is Supervisor/Veterinary Technicians at University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA

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Donohue, S. Response to Protocol Review Scenario: Federal oversight needed. Lab Anim 38, 78–79 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0309-78

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