Rodents. Laboratory Animal Management

Produced by the Committee on Rodents, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council, USA.

Contents include: laboratory animals and public perspective, responsibilities of animal care and use committees, criteria for selecting experimental animals, genetic management of breeding colonies, husbandry, veterinary care, facilities, rodents that require special consideration, appendix (sources of information on importing rodents).

Published by the National Academies Press. 190 pages, 1996. ISBN 0-309-58577-5.

AAALAC International cites these guidelines as one of its reference resources. The report can be viewed on the AAALAC website or downloaded from AAALAC as a pdf file.

Many more resources for planning and conducting animal research and testing can be found in the PREPARE guidelines.