| AAALAC | Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
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| ABPI | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
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| The 1986 Act | The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
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| APC | Animal Procedures Committee
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| AWAC | Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (see Chapter 3, Defence Research)
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| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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| BUAV | British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
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| DLRM | Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible Medicine
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| DoH | Department of Health |
| ECVAM | European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods
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| ERP | Ethical Review Process
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| FAWC | Farm Animal Welfare Council
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| FRAME | Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
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| GM | Genetically Modified (see Chapter 8)
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| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (in USA)
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| ICH | International Conference on Harmonisation
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| In silico | Research done using computer methodologies
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| In vitro | Research done "in glass", in test-tubes or other mechanical apparatus, often using human or animal tissue
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| In vivo | Research done in living animals
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| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| MRC | Medical Research Council
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| NACWO | Named Animal Care and Welfare Officer
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| NAVS | National Anti-Vivisection Society
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| NVS | Named Veterinary Surgeon
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| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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| OLAW | Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare (in USA)
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| PETA | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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| RSPCA | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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| Statistics | Home Office Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2000
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| Three Rs | Reduction, Refinement and Replacement (see Chapter 1)
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| UFAW | Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
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| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture
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