U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. Alternatives to Animal Use in Research, Testing, and Education. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1986, OTA-BA-273. Download (6.64 mb).

 

CONTENTS

1. Summary, Policy Issues, and Options for Congressional Action 3

2. Introduction 37

3. Patterns of Animal Use 43

4. Ethical Considerations 71

5. The Use of Animals in Research 89

6. Alternatives to Animal Use in Research 113

7. The Use of Animals in Testing 149

8. Alternatives to Animal Use in Testing 175

9. Animal Use in Education and the Alternatives 199

10. Information Resources and Computer Systems 219

11. Economic Considerations 243

12. Public and Private Funding Toward the Development of Alternatives 259

13. Federal Regulation of Animal Use 275

14. State Regulation of Animal Use 305

15. Institutional and Self-Regulation of Animal Use 335

16. Regulation of Animal Use in Selected Foreign Countries 359

 

Appendices

A. Testing Guidelines 383

B. Regulation of Animal Use Within Federal Departments and Agencies 386

C. Public Health Service Policy 395

D. Laboratory-Animal Facilities Fully Accredited by the American Association

for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care 401

E. International Agreements Governing Animal Use 412

F. List of Working Papers 418

G. Acknowledgments 419

H. Glossary of Acronyms and Terms 423

 

Index 433