Ethical Review Resources

For more information on ethical review of animal use the following resources may be useful:

CCAC resources

• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) Animal Care Committee Resources
• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) & Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) (2006) CCAC-CFHS Manual for Community Representatives. 47pp. Ottawa ON: CCAC.
• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) (2000) CCAC policy statement on: the importance of independent peer review of the scientific merit of animal-based research projects.
• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) (1989) CCAC policy statement on: ethics of animal investigation.

Online resources

• Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2005) The Ethics of Research Involving Animals. 376pp. London: Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (2010)
  Ethical Review.
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (2009)
  A resource book for lay members of ethical Review Processes - 2nd edition.
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (2004) Supplementary resources for lay members of local ethical review processes: Projects involving genetically modified animals.

Other publications

• Schuppli C.A. & Fraser D. (2007) Factors influencing the effectiveness of research ethics committees. Journal of Medical Ethics 33: 294-301
  • This study of Canadian animal care committees examines how the effectiveness of a research ethics committee is influenced by committee composition and dynamics, recruitment of members, workload, participation level and member turnover, and suggests potential ways to improve the effectiveness of ACCs.
• Smith J.A., van den Broek F.A.R., Cantó Martorell J., Hackbarth H., Ruksenas O. and  Zeller W. (2007) Principles and practice in ethical review of animal experiments across Europe: summary of the report of a FELASA working group on ethical evaluation of animal experiments.  Laboratory Animals 41:143-160

   

   

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