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Updated : Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:05:30 -0500
Chicago Tribune reports U.S. Department of Agriculture found violations of the Animal Welfare Act during inspections of Loyola University's medical school. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-loyola-animals-22-both-jul22,0,7615115.story
Publ.Date : Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:05:30 -0500
Scientific American reports on a landmark project of tracking wolves and moose on an archipelago in Michigan's Lake Superior. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-wolf-and-the-moose&page=2
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:51:25 -0500
Senate Report on FY 2009 NIH Appropriations states the following -- Alternative Methods of Testing- The Committee acknowledges the publication of the National Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Methods/Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods [NICEATM/ICCVAM] Five-Year Plan but remains concerned by the slow pace at which Federal agencies have moved to adopt regulations that would replace or reduce the use of animals in testing. The Committee therefore requests the ICCVAM to evaluate the skin irritation/corrosion, pyrogenicity, phototoxicity, vaccine potency, acute fish toxicity and developmental toxicity methods and tiered-testing strategies that have been deemed valid by the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods but have not been accepted in the United States. The Committee also asks the ICCVAM to identify situations where these methods can be applied with scientific confidence in the existing testing practices and regulations of ICCVAM agencies. In addition, the ICCVAM is urged to identify what additional studies would be needed to produce sufficient scientific confidence to expand the application of such methods by the agencies that comprise ICCVAM. The Committee requests a report on these findings by May 1, 2009.
Publ.Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:38:27 -0500
MarketWatch.com reports the American Veterinary Medical Association House of Delegates voted to pass a groundbreaking policy on veal calf housing that promotes both animal health and welfare. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/avma-passes-groundbreaking-animal-welfare/story.aspx?guid=%7BCA3386B7-1514-4225-B8C1-C1E3844ADCF1%7D&dist=hppr
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:39:40 -0500
The Guardian reports in the United Kingdom the number of scientific procedures carried out on animals rose by 6% last year. The 83% used rodents, the number of procedures that involved monkeys declined by 6%. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/21/animal.experiments?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:13:07 -0500
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced that more than $4 million will be awarded to the University of Georgia to study the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other diseases affecting bee populations, whose pollination is valued at $15 billion annually to U.S. agriculture. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.changenav/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentidonly=true&PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2008%2F07%2F0188.xml
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:11:30 -0500
NPR.org reports with the cost of feeding a horse up and adoptions down, the Bureau of Land Management may begin killing wild horses to deal with surplus numbers. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92691184
Publ.Date : Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:28:50 -0500
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