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National Academy of Sciences Assessment

The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) has appointed a Committee that is now conducting an Assessment of the Care and Use of Dogs in Biomedical Research Funded by or Conducted at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Information about the Assessment is posted here by the NASEM.

Report of the Committee -- published 7/1/20

Documents that the VA has submitted or otherwise provided to the Committee

News about the Assessment



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