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VT0373 Animal Care Matters

VT0373 Animal Care Matters
Produced by the MIT Committee on Animal Care, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Distributed by MIT, 37 Vassar Street 45-105, Cambridge, MA 02139 [VHS; col., sd.; 25 min.: 1993]

This video is designed to aid institutions in providing effective education to animal research personnel as required by government regulations and guidelines. Included are discussions of the ethical and moral issues concerning animal research, the responsibility of research personnel for ensuring humane treatment of research animals, applicable legislative and regulatory guidelines, the role of institutional Animal Care and Use committees, and the issue of alternatives to animals in research.