• Offers a worldwide view and global compilation of regulations, guidelines and recommendations for laboratory animal research
• Provides insight into factors that play key roles in the regulatory framework for countries and geographic regions
• Compares and contrasts regulations in different regions
• Written in layman’s terms to easily understand legislation and regulations

All professionals in laboratory animal science: animal care takers, technicians, veterinarians; investigators using animals in research; research institution administrators; and members of institutional animal care and use committees or ethics committees

1. Principles: a Tool for Harmonization
2. Oversight of Research Animal Welfare in the United States
3. Canada’s Oversight of Animal Use in Science
4. Laboratory Animal Science Legislation in Latin America
5. The European Framework on Research Animal Welfare Regulations and Guidelines
6. Israeli Legislation and Regulation on the Use of Animals in Biological and Medical Research
7. Animal Experimentation in Africa: Legislation and Guidelines
8. Laws, Regulations and Guidelines Shaping Research Animal Care and Use in India
9. Oversight of Animal Research in China
10. Laws, Regulations, Guidelines, and Principles Pertaining to Laboratory Animals in Far East Asia
11. Laws, Regulations, Guidelines and Principles Pertaining to Laboratory Animals in Southeast Asia
12. Laboratory Animals Regulations and Recommendations for Global Collaborative Research: Australia New Zealand
13.Global Guiding Recommendations

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