With accreditation by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC), a Public Health Service (PHS) Assurance, and registration with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Animal Care and Use program at the UC Berkeley campus is serious about setting, achieving and maintaining high standards for animal care and use that will facilitate teaching and research beneficial to society. To that end, the Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC) oversees the use of animals; the Office of Animal Care and Use (OACU) administratively supports ACUC; and, the Office for Laboratory Animal Care (OLAC) ensures the health and well-being of animals used in research and teaching... All institutions using vertebrate animals for research or instruction must establish an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to oversee and evaluate the institution's animal care and use program. This committee at UC Berkeley, known as the Animal..
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