General guidelines for use of wild mammal species are updated from the 1998 version approved by the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) and expanded to include additional resources. Included are details on marking, housing, trapping, and collecting mammals. These guidelines cover current professional techniques and regulations involving mammals used in research. Institutional animal care and use committees, regulatory agencies, and investigators should review and approve procedures concerning use of vertebrates at any particular institution. These guidelines were prepared and approved by the ASM, whose collective expertise provides a broad and comprehensive understanding of the biology of nondomesticated mammals in their natural environments.

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Guidelines of the american society of mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research

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Guide to the care and use of experimental animals

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The National Academies Press

1. Clarification: The 2013 Guidelines make a distinction between euthanasia, humane killing, and slaughter, and state that neither slaughter nor humane killing is covered in the document P.68, S6.1.1. Not included among the definitions of these terms are ending the lives of healthy animals or scientific collection of animals. For clarification, whatever the term used, classification of the method, or reason given for killing animals: euthanasia, humane killing, slaughter, harvest, depopulation, scientific collection, or research-related, the Council on Accreditation’s foremost concern, in all situations, is with humane technique. The goal of humane technique is to minimize pain, distress, and the negative effect to the animal. The technique employed should result in rapid loss of consciousness followed by cardiac or respiratory arrest and, ultimately, a loss of brain function. Although complete absence of pain and distress is preferred, it is understood that it cannot always be achieved P7.13.2.

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AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition

Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching

Report of the AVMA panel on euthanasia

The Veterinary Clinics of North America

Introduction to Canine Behaviour. History of Canine Development. Current Status of Canids. Introduction to Evaluating Behaviour Problems. Introduction to Drug and Behaviour Therapy. Canine Behaviour of Sensory and Neural Origin. The Senses. Canine Play Behaviour. Neurologic Originsof Behaviour. Sensory and Neural Behaviour Problems. Canine Communicative Behaviour. Vocal Communication. Postural Communication. Marking Communication. Communicative Behaviour Problems. Canine Social Behaviour. Socialization and Other Critical Periods. Social Organization. Aggression. Social-Behaviour Problems. Male Canine Sexual Behaviour. Sexual Maturation. Premating Behaviour. Mating Behaviour. Postmating Behaviour. Parental Behaviour. Neural and Hormonal Regulation. Male Sexual Behaviour Problems. Female Canine Sexual Behaviour. Sexual Maturation. Reproductive Cycles. Mating Behaviours. Pregnancy. Maternal Behaviour. Neurologic and Hormonal Controls. Female Sexual Behaviour Problems. Canine Ingestive Behaviour. Suckling Behaviour. Transitional Ingestive Behaviour. Adult Ingestive Behaviour. Water Consumption. Neural and Hormonal Regulation. Ingestive Behaviour Problems. Canine Eliminative Behaviour. Eliminative Behaviour Development. Adult Urination. Adult Defecation. Eliminative Behaviour Problems. Canine Locomotive Behaviour. Infant Growth and Movements. Adult Movements. Resting Behaviours. Locomotor Behaviour Problems. Canine Grooming Behaviour. Grooming Functions. Grooming Patterns. Grooming Behaviour Problems. Appendix. Index.

Bonnie V. Beaver

Papers

Report of the AVMA panel on euthanasia

The Veterinary Clinics of North America

Feline Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians

Canine behavior: a guide for veterinarians.

Clinical classification of canine aggression