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Reference Library Organizations & Associations Providing Info on Need for Use of Animals in Research, Testing & Education: State Groups National Groups United Kingdom Organizations & Associations Providing Info on Efforts to Develop Scientifically Valid Alternatives: Institutions Government Sites, Departments, Institutions & Offices Involved in the Regulation of Animal Research: Government Sites Links to Nifty, Useful Biological Sites: Anatomy and Physiology Interesting Invertebrates in Research Virtual Dissection Zoological Information Miscellaneous Information Legal & Legislative References Fun Science & Education Sites Careers Health, Medicine and Other Science in the News


Links to Other Organizations / Associations that Provide Information on the Need for the Use of Animals in Research, Testing and Education and Efforts to Develop Alternatives:

State Groups:
	California Biomedical Research Association
	Connecticut United for Research Excellence
	Massachusetts Society for Medical Research
	Michigan Society for Medical Research
	Mid-Continent Association for Agriculture, Biomedical Research and Education
	New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR)
	North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research (NCABR)
	Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research
	Texas Society for Biomedical Research (TSBR)
	Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR)
	Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research & Education (WABRE)
	Southwest Association for Education in Biomedical Research (SwAEBR) States United for BioMedical Research

National Groups:
	American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
	Americans for Medical Progress Educational Foundation

	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
	Foundation for Biomedical Research
	Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources
	National Academy of Science (NAS)
	Society of Toxicology

United Kingdom:
	Research Defense Society (RDS)

Links to Organizations / Associations that Provide Information on Efforts to Develop Scientifically Valid Alternatives:

Institutions:
	AltWeb, developed by CAAT
	ECVAM Reports, posted at AltWebm
	European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) ("parse" errors may appear when this page loads, but the links on the page work fine)
	The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)

Links to Government Sites - Departments, Institutions, and Offices Involved in the Regulation of Animal Research:

Government Sites:
	National Institutes of Health (NIH)
	Office for Protection from Research Risks (NIH OPRR)
	United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
	USDA Agricultural Research Service
	USDA National Agricultural Library
	USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Links to Nifty, Useful Biological Sites:

Anatomy and Physiology:
	Brain at Marymount College
	General Anatomy at Digital Anatomist
	Heart at Franklin Institute Science Museum
	Immune system at "Cells Alive"
	Lung at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Interesting Invertebrates in Research:
	General Anatomy at Digital Anatomist
	Crabs and Lobsters
	Leech
Virtual Dissection:

Frog:	Froguts Net Frog Virtual Frog Dissection Kit

Pig:	Virtual Pig Dissection Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection at Whitman College

	Online Cat Dissection

	Sheep's Brain

	Cow's Eye

Zoological Information:
	Cyber Zoo
	Electronic Zoo
	Tree of Life
	Whales in Newfoundland and Labrador
Miscellaneous Information:
	Animals & the Nobel Prize
	Cats at Dandy Lions Cattery
	Nobel Prize
	Ohio Animal Health Foundation
Legal & Legislative References:
	1996 Guide for Care and Use of Lab Animals
	Government and Law Resources at NetVet
Fun Science & Education Sites:
	Bill Nye, the Science Guy
	Dragonfly
	Kids4Research
	Kinetic City Science Crewl
	Museum of Science - Boston
	NASA's Multimedia Gallery
	National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution
	NIH Science Education
	NPR's Science Friday Kids Connection
	Ohio Agriculture in the Classroom
	Ohio Resource Center
	Sea World
	Toxicology for Students
	Toxicology for Teachers
	International Science and Engineering Fair
Careers:
	Laboratory Animal Technologist
	NIH - People Doing Science
	Toxicology Careers
	Veterinary Medicine & Technology
	Zoos and Aquariums
Health, Medicine and Other Science in the News:
	1Up Health
	AAAS' EurekAlert!
	Reuters Health (mixed access)
	Reuters Health e-line for Consumers (free)