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ILAR Journal V34(3) 1992 [FORMERLY ILAR NEWS]
ILAR's Fortieth Anniversary

ILAR's Current Committees and Programs--an Overview

Council

The ILAR Council is composed of some of the finest researchers in the nation, including zoologists, geneticists, medical doctors, ethicists, and researchers in related biomedical sciences. The Council provides advice on all aspects of ILAR's program and formulates plans for the initiation of new programs.

Steven P. Pakes

Steven P. Pakes, D.V.M., Ph.D. (Chairman), Division of Comparative Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
June R. Aprille, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Melvin W. Balk, D.V.M., M.S., Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Wilmington, Massachusetts
J. Derrell Clark, D.V.M., D.Sc., College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens
Lester M. Crawford, D.V.M., Ph.D., National Food Processors Association, Washington, D.
Neal L. First, Ph.D.,* Department of Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Thomas J. Gill III, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alan M. Goldberg, Ph.D., School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
Jon W. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Geriatrics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
John P. Hearn, Ph.D., Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Margaret Z. Jones, M.D., Department of Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Michael D. Kastello, D.V.M., Ph.D., Research Resources and Engineering Services, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey
J. Wesley Robb, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Religion, Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Southern California
John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas

Committee on Rat Nomenclature

With the increased use of genetically defined rat strains as research models has come the realization that problems associated with selecting and obtaining rat strains can significantly affect research. ILAR has established a seven-member committee, comprised of well-known experts in rat genetics from the United States, Japan, and Europe to address these problems, which include improper use of standardized nomenclature; lack of criteria for ensuring genetic quality, sharing strains, and preserving unique genetic stocks; and lack of communication between rat geneticists and investigators who use rats in other fields of research. Resolution of these problems requires an international forum, because rat stocks and data obtained from studying these stocks are shared worldwide. The report of the committee will include rules for standardized nomenclature for rats as an appendix and will be published in the Fall 1992 issue of ILAR News.

Thomas J. Gill III

Tatsuji Nomura

Thomas J. Gill III, M.D. (Cochairman), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tatsuji Nomura, M.D. (Cochairman), Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
Michael F. W. Festing, Ph.D., MRC Toxicology Unit, Carshalton, Surrey, England
Eberhard Gunther, Dr. med., Division of Immunogenetics, University of G6ttingen, G6ttingen, Germany Heinz W. Kunz, Ph.D., Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kazuo Moriwaki, Ph.D., Department of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
Takashi Natori, M.D., Ph.D., PALM Institute, Sapporo, Japan
Viktor Stoic, Ph.D. (Invited Participant), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Committee on Transgenic Nomenclature

The Committee on Transgenic Nomenclature has prepared a set of rules for standardized nomenclature for transgenic animals based on internationally accepted nomenclature for genetically defined mice. In addition, the committee is recommending ways to disseminate the rules and to encourage their use. For example, the chairman of the International Committee on Standardized Genetic Nomenclature for Mice is a member of ILAR's Committee on Transgenic Nomenclature and will recommend that the international committee adopt the rules. The nomenclature will be incorporated into the Transgenic Animal Data Base at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and GBASE, the mouse genome data base, at the Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine. The committee's report will be published in the Fall 1992 issue of ILAR News.

ILAR also intends to undertake a large project to prepare guidelines for colony management of transgenic mice and other transgenic animals; suggest methods of preserving these unique resources; and recommend policies and procedures for their development, use, and disposition.

Jon W. Gordon

Jon W. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. (Chairman), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Geriatrics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
John M. Coffin, Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Muriel T. Davisson, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
Thomas J. Gill III, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Clement L. Markert, Ph.D.,* Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Richard P. Woychik, Ph.D., Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Committee on Dogs

The task of this committee is to update ILAR's 1973 publication Dogs: Standards and Guidelines for the Breeding, Care, and Management of Laboratory Animals, which will be published under the new title Dogs: Laboratory Animal Management Series. The committee's report will supplement and complement the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by providing greater detail on dogs. Included in the report will be current information on housing, environmental control, nutrition, sanitation, identification and records, restraint, veterinary care, disease prevention, and euthanasia. New sections will be added on reproduction, environmental enrichment, exercise, recognition and alleviation of pain and distress, and surgery and postsurgical care.

Fred W. Quimby

Fred W. Quimby, V.M.D., Ph.D. (Chairman), Center for Research Animal Resources, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Emerson L. Besch, Ph.D., Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville
Linda C. Cork, D.V.M., Ph.D.,** Division of Comparative Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Suzanne Hetts, Ph.D., Denver Dumb Friends League, Denver, Colorado
Warren C. Ladiges, D.V.M., Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
Richard J. Traystman, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Committee on Rodents

The task of this committee is to revise and combine two ILAR documents, Laboratory Animal Management: Rodents (1977) and Long-Term Holding of Laboratory Rodents (1976), into one report entitled Rodents: Laboratory Animal Management Series. The committee's report will supplement and complement the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by providing greater detail on rodents. Included in the report will be current information on housing, environmental control, nutrition, sanitation, identification and records, veterinary care, disease prevention, and euthanasia. New sections will be added on microenvironment, use of hazardous agents, design and construction of facilities, recognition and alleviation of pain and distress, and ethical considerations.

Bonnie J. Mills

Bonnie J. Mills, Ph.D., (Chairman), Biotech Group, Immunotherapy Division, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Santa Ana, California
Anton M. Allen, D.V.M, Ph.D., Microbiological Associates, Inc., Life Sciences Center, Rockville, Maryland
Lauretta L. Gerrity, D.V.M., Animal Resources Center, Division of Comparative Medicine, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Joseph J. Knapka, M.S., Ph.D., Laboratory Sciences Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Arthur A. Like, M.D., Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Frank Lilly, Ph.D.,* Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
George M. Martin, M.D., Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
Gwendolyn Y. McCormick, D.V.M., M.S., Laboratory Animal Resources, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania
Larry E. Mobraaten, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
William J. White, V.M.D., M.S., Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, Massachusetts

Committee on Well-being of Nonhuman Primates

ILAR has convened a committee to develop guidelines for institutions required by the 1985 Animal Welfare Act amendment to "provide a physical environment suitable to ensure the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates.'' (P.L. 99-198, the Food Security Act of 1985). Great confusion has resulted from the definition of "psychological well-being," and the guidance from this committee will serve to provide a single point of reference for institutional programs and for federal inspectors of those programs.

The charge to the committee will be to review current understanding of the cognitive abilities of nonhuman primates, identify and evaluate both the environmental variables that are believed to be most influential in affecting well-being and the behavioral and physiological measures believed to be objective indices of well-being, develop recommendations and procedures for individualizing institutional plans consistent with federal law, suggest priorities for future research, and develop a relevant bibliography on psychological well-being.

Irwin S. Bernstein

Irwin S. Bernstein, Ph.D. (Chairman), Biopsychology Division, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens
Christian R. Abee, D.V.M., Department of Comparative Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile
Kathryn Bayne, Ph.D., Veterinary Resources Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Thomas Butler, D.V.M, M.S., Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas
Judy L. Cameron, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Christopher L. Coe, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
W. Richard Dukelow, Ph.D., Endocrine Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Gisela Epple, Ph.D., Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dorothy Fragaszy, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens
William A. Mason, Ph.D., California Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis
Klaus Miczek, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Melinda Novak, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Martin L. Reite, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Health and Science Center, Denver
Duane M. Rumbaugh, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Paul Schilling, D.V.M., Primate Breeding Operations, Charles River - Key Lois, Summerland Key, Florida
Elwyn L. Simons, Ph.D.,* Duke University Primate Center, Durham, North Carolina
Charles Snowdon, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison