OLAW Issues Notice on Revisions to Animal Welfare Assurance

The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare issued guidance last month to grantee institutions on its revision to the sample Animal Welfare Assurance document.

These changes to the document, detailed Feb. 15 in Guide Notice OD-08-049, clarify essential information and define elements required in the Assurance document, a stand-alone document that describes the animal care and use program of an institution.