Law, policies, procedures and guidelines for Animal Care and Use applicable to Ecosystems Mission Area, USGS:
- United States Department of Agriculture: Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations
- Inter-agency Research Animal Committee (IRAC) principles: U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training
- EMA Animal Welfare Assurance
- USGS Animal Welfare IM (In development)
- EMA Animal Welfare Manual (In development
- Other
- AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals 2020 Edition
- 2016 Guidelines of the American society of Mammologists for the use of wild mammals in research and education
- American Fisheries Society, 2014. Guidelines for the use of fishes in research
- Ornithological Council, Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
- Herpetological Animal care and Use Committee of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2004.
- Guidelines for use of live amphibians and reptiles in field and laboratory research.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.