The following resources should serve as guidelines for the use of vertebrate laboratory and field animals when using animals for research purposes.  For species specific reference for the use of rodents, amphibians, and fish in research, please follow these instructions for the CITI program training course guides.

  • Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.  National Research Council (NRC).  National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2011.  .  Under copyright agreement, individuals may download only a single copy for their personal use from this website. 
  • 2013 AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines
  • (American Psychological Association)
  • , 2003
  • .  The American Fisheries Society, the American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists, and the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2004
  • (American Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) 
  • DeNardo, Dale.  , ILAR Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, 1995
  • Amphibians: Guidelines for the Breeding, Care, and Management of Laboratory Animals.  National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1974 – Contact IACUC Administrator
  • (Ornithological Council) – from National Institutes of Health
  • Guidelines of the American Society of Mammologists for the use of wild animals in research, Journal of Mammology, Vol. 92, No. 1, 2011