25.17 - Recommended Reading


NOTE: Most of the following are linked to websites. If you have a problem finding the information you need, contact the Animal Facility or IACUC Office.

Amphibian/Reptile

Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), The Herpetologists League (HL), Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.

Avian

Report of the American Ornithologists Union Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, Ad Hoc Committee on the Use of Wild Birds in Research, The Auk, Vol 105, No. 1, January 1988 - guidelines for using wild birds in research
Federal Migratory Bird Act, includes list of migratory species
General Permit Procedures - for Federal Fish and Wildlife/license Permit
Migratory Bird Permits

Fish

Fish Related Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) Web Resources
Information Resources on Fish Welfare 
Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Field Research, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), American Fisheries Society (AFS), American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists (AIFRB)
Rose, J.D. The Neurobehavioral Nature of Fishes and the Question of Awareness and Pain. Reviews in Fisheries Science 10(1), 1-38.
FSBI (2002). Fish Welfare. Briefing Paper 2, Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Granta Information Systems, 82A High Street, Sawston, Cambridge CB2 4H.
http://www.aquanet.mun.ca/English/research/fish/vb.pdf 
Guidelines for Aquaculture in Mississippi. Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988

Laboratory Animals

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Guidelines for Animal Surgery in Research and Teaching, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Handbook: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/olaw/GuideBook.pdf
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals