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MeSH Heading: Animal Care Committees
Tree Number(s): I01.880.604.100.049
Unique ID: D035661
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035661
Scope Note: 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).
Entry Term(s): Animal Care and Use Committee; Animal Care and Use Committees; Animal Ethics Committees; IACUC; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees
Previous Indexing: Animal Welfare (1986-2002)
See Also: Ethics Committees
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

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Animal Care Committees MeSH Descriptor Data 2025