Institutional committees established to protect the welfare of animals used in research and education. The 1971 NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals introduced the policy that institutions using warm-blooded animals in projects supported by NIH grants either be accredited by a recognized professional laboratory animal accrediting body or establish its own committee to evaluate animal care; the Public Health Service adopted a policy in 1979 requiring such committees; and the 1985 amendments to the Animal Welfare Act mandate review and approval of federally funded research with animals by a formally designated Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

Descriptor ID	D035661
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.604.100.049
Concept/Terms	Animal Care Committees Animal Care Committees Animal Care Committee Committee, Animal Care Committees, Animal Care Animal Ethics Committees Animal Ethics Committees Animal Ethics Committee Committee, Animal Ethics Committees, Animal Ethics Ethics Committee, Animal Ethics Committees, Animal Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees IACUC IACUCs Animal Care and Use Committees Animal Care and Use Committees

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