Altweb: Acronyms

AAALAC

Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care

AALAS

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

AAVS

American Anti-Vivisection Society

ACLAM

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

AEEC

Animal Experimentation Ethics Committees

ALTEX

Alternativen zu Tier Experimenten (Alternatives to Animal Experiments)

ANZCCART

Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)

API

Animal Protection Institute

ARDF

Alternatives Research and Development Foundation

ARENA

Applied Research Ethics National Association

ASLAP

American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners

ASPCA

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

ATLA

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

AWA

Animal Welfare Act

AWI

Animal Welfare Institute

AWIC

Animal Welfare Information Center

CAAT

Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (Johns Hopkins University)

CCAC

Canadian Council on Animal Care

COLIPA

European Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association

CTFA

Cosmetics, Toiletries, and Fragrance Association

DNT

Developmental Neurotoxicity

EBT

Evidence-based Toxicology

ECOPA

European Consensus Platform for Alternatives

ECVAM

The European Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPAA

European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing

ERGATT

European Research Group for Alternatives in Toxicological Testing

EURCA

European Resource Centre for Alternatives in Higher Education

FBR

Foundation for Biomedical Research

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FELASA

Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations

FRAME

Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments

HPV

High-production volume

HSUS

Humane Society of the United States

I-CARE

International Centre for Alternatives in Research and Education

IACUC

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

ICCVAM

Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods

IIVS

Institute for In Vitro Sciences

ILAR

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

InterNICHE

International Network for Humane Education

IVTIP

In Vitro Testing Platform

JaCVAM

Japanese Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods

LAMA

Laboratory Animal Management Association

LAWTE

Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange

LLNA

Local Lymph Node Assay

MABs

Monoclonal antibodies

MEGAT

Middle European Society for Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

MSPCA

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

NABR

National Association for Biomedical Research

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NAVS

National Anti-Vivisection Society

NC3Rs

National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research

NCA

Netherlands Centre for Alternatives to animal use

NICEATM

NTP [National Toxicology Program] Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Methods

NIEHS

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NLM

National Library of Medicine

NORINA

Norwegian Inventory of Audiovisuals

NTP

National Toxicology Program

OECD

Organization for Economic and Community Development (Europe)

OLAW

Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare

PHS

Public Health Service

PRIM&R

Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research

RSPCA

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

SCAW

Scientists Center for Animal Welfare

SIDS

Screening Information Data Sets

SOT

Society of Toxicology

UCCAA

University of California Center for Animal Alternatives

UFAW

Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

ZEBET

German National Center for the Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments

ACRONYMS