Nesdill Daureen, Adams Kristina M
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, SAlt Lake City, UT 84115-0860, USA.
J Vet Med Educ. 2011 Summer;38(2):150-6. doi: 10.3138/jvme.38.2.150.
Under the US Animal Welfare Act, principal investigators who propose to use animals in their research must demonstrate that they have considered alternatives to potentially painful or distressful procedures when submitting applications to Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs). IACUCs requires that applicants conduct a current literature search to determine if alternatives are available to substitute the proposed animal use and, if the proposed study involves pain or distress, that more humane procedures, as they are described in the literature, be considered. This paper suggests literature search strategies that can be considered for use in order to comply with this IACUC requirement.
根据美国《动物福利法》，打算在研究中使用动物的主要研究者在向机构动物护理与使用委员会（IACUCs）提交申请时，必须证明他们已考虑过替代潜在痛苦或造成痛苦的程序的方法。IACUCs要求申请者进行当前文献检索，以确定是否有替代方法可取代拟议的动物使用，并且，如果拟议的研究涉及疼痛或痛苦，则应考虑文献中所述的更人道的程序。本文提出了一些文献检索策略，可考虑用于满足这一IACUC要求。
