Useful Links & Additional Online Resources

Further Information:

Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) seeks to build understanding and appreciation for necessary and humane animal reserach.  AMP also helps researchers locate the resources to address campaigns that threaten the future of medical progress.

Speaking of Research, a weblog that seeks to provide university students and faculty with accurate information and resources about the importance of animal research in medical science.

Foundation for Biomedical Research

• Fact vs. Myth (link goes to online copy the brochure from the FBR website; paper copies can be purchased at the FBR's online store)

National Association for Biomedical Research

• Welfare vs. Rights
• Animal Welfare in Practice
• The Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (pdf from the NABR website)
• Regulation of Biomedical Research Using Animals (pdf from the NABR website)

Alternatives to Animal Testing, from the UC Davis website 

Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing,Johns Hopkins University

Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (purchase book or read online for free)

Other Primate Centers:

California National Primate Research Center (UC - Davis)

New England Regional Primate Research Center (Harvard Medical School)

Oregon National Primate Research Center

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research

Tulane National Primate Research Center

Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (UW - Madison)

Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Emory)

Wake Forest University Resources:

Animal Care and Use Committee

Animal Resources Program