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Annual Report to OLAW

Domestic Assurance
Sample Animal Welfare Assurance for Domestic Institutions.

Foreign Assurance
Sample Animal Welfare Assurance for Foreign Institutions.

Interinstitutional Assurance
Sample Interinstitutional Assurance.

Semiannual Program Review and Facility Inspection Checklist
A tool to assist IACUCs in conducting semiannual reviews of institutional programs and facilities for the care and use of laboratory animals.

Semiannual Report to the Institutional Official
Sample report for preparing the semiannual report to be submitted to the Institutional Official by the IACUC.

Animal Study Proposal
Sample animal study proposal to aid institutions and IACUCs in the development of institutional animal care and use protocol forms.

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