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November 1998 News
New Report Provides Specifics on Choosing Endpoints to Experiments
November 12, 1998
"Choosing An Appropriate Endpoint in Experiments Using Animals for Research, Teaching, and Testing," published this month by the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC), provides guidelines to Canadian researchers and others using animals to selecting endpoints that reduce animal pain and distress while allowing researchers to collect necessary data from animals used in research, teaching, and testing.
The guidelines discuss procedures for selecting appropriate endpoints, the use of pilot studies, the role of animal observations, personnel training, and oversight by institutional Animal Care Committees. The full-text of the guidelines is available online at the CCAC Web Site, here.
James H. Wong, director of assessments for the CCAC, discussed the report at a recent workshop on "Pain Management and Humane Endpoints" in Washington D.C. The workshop brought together nearly 200 speakers and participants to discuss the need for an international standard for determining appropriate endpoints.