Guide for Laboratory Animal Facilities and Care

The Animal Care Panel is a nonprofit educational association of individuals and institutions concerned with the production, care, and study of laboratory animals. The entire United States and several foreign countries are represented in its membership. The Panel provides for the exchange of scientific information on all phases of laboratory animal care. It compiles and distributes information on films dealing with the handling of laboratory animals, and has initiated an animal technicians' training program. It publishes a bimonthly journal, "Laboratory Animal Care;" sponsors annual awards designed to encourage and reward outstanding accomplishment in the improvement of the care and quality of laboratory animals; and maintains close liaison with the Institute of Laboratory Resources (National Research Council), the American Veterinary Medical Association (through the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine), the Laboratory Animal Breeders Association, and the National Society for Medical Research. Through its Animal Facilities Standards Committee, the Panel gathers and examines information that will aid in the establishment of high standards for the care of animals. The Guide for Laboratory Animal Facilities and Care was adopted by the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, on January 28, 1963.