Medical research involving animals is beneficial to both humans and other animals. Certain kinds of questions can only be answered through animal studies. This section provides background and analysis of both animal research in general and specific animal research issues.
USDA is offering an incentive for facilities to proactively identify, report, and correct animal welfare issues. At the same time, USDA underscored that such self-reporting is voluntary.
On July 26, the House of Representatives approved a measure that would halt VA research with dogs even when the animals receive the same kind of anesthesia, analgesia, and post-operative care provided to pets and human patients undergoing surgery.
APS President Jane F. Reckelhoff challenged recent Congressional requests for an investigation of animal research at federal agencies in a letter to the head of the Government Accountability Office.
Effective animal research study design symposium with speakers James Fox, DVM from MIT, Valerie Hamilton, DVM, PhD from Merck, and Tom Cheever, PhD from NIAMS.
Animal Care and Experimentation Committee's EB 2016 symposium on common concerns about local regulation of animal research activities
Check out
animalresearchcures.org for our updated FAQ on animal research, the free PDF, and other helpful resources.
APS’s
Resource Book for the Design of Animal Exercise Protocols offers suggestions for how to design, review, and implement experimental paradigms
involving animals and exercise.
Animal research is subject to a number of layers of regulation and oversight.
Information on animal research oversight and regulation.