Kathryn Bayne, (Chief Executive Officer,
AAALAC International) delivered a talk on "Promoting the 3Rs though the Appropriate Use of Environmental Enrichment".
The animals used in this study were handled and treated in accordance with the strict guiding principles of the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (
AAALAC).
Rats were allowed to adjust to conditions in the Banner Sun Health Research Institute's
AAALAC accredited vivarium for one week prior to starting the experiments.
All in vivo procedures adhered to the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Merck Research Laboratories in Kenilworth, an
AAALAC accredited institution.
Taconic, a leading provider of in vivo solutions to life science researchers worldwide, announced that its Cologne, Germany production program has earned accreditation from
AAALAC International (the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International).
The Bangalore center is also one of the most accredited R&D centers of India with certification from
AAALAC International and from the German, Dutch and Indian authorities for GLP compliance.
Medicilon/MPI Preclinical Research-Shanghai has been recognized as an accredited International Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (
AAALAC) facility.
Since 1967, CDC has participated in and received accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (
AAALAC) program.
The Investigational Intensive Care Unit at UTMB is an Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International approved facility (
AAALAC).
We note too that CCAC standards are recognized by the American Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (
AAALAC) as equivalent to American standards, thereby reducing administrative requirements for Canadian research institutions' eligibility to U.S.
Animal care and use programs have had the option for several years of voluntarily seeking accreditation by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (
AAALAC) International.
"I know they're saying the sky is falling," McArdle says, "but it's not true." About one-third of animal-research centers have
AAALAC accreditation, signifying exemplary animal care.