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ACRONYMS

For additional acronyms, please see the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare (SCAW) acronym list.

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