Appendix H 
Glossary of Acronyms and Terms 
Glossary of Acronyms 
AAALAC —American Association for Accreditation 
of Laboratory Animal Care 
—American Association for Laboratory 
Animal Science 
—Association of American Medical 
Colleges 
—Association of American Veterinary 
Medical Colleges 
—Animal Care Committee (Canada) 
—American College of Physicians 
—Animal Care and Use Committee 
ADAMHA— Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental 
Health Administration (PHS, DHHS) 
—American Fund for Alternatives to 
Animal Research 
—Approximate Lethal Dose 
—Animal Legal Defense Fund 
—Aerospace Medical Division (U.S. Air 
Force) 
— American Psychological Association 
—Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (USD A) 
—American Physiological Society 
—Animal Research Committee 
—American Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals 
—Association of Universities and Colleges 
of Canada 
—American Veterinary Medical 
Association 
—bureau, institute, or division (NIH) 
—Biosciences Information Service 
—Center for Alternatives to Animal 
Testing (The Johns Hopkins University) 
— Canadian Association for Laboratory 
Animal Science 
—Congressional Budget Office (U.S. 
Congress) 
—Canadian Council on Animal Care 
—Centers for Disease Control (PHS, 
DHHS) 
CERCLA —Comprehensive Environment Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act 
—Canadian Federation of Humane 
Societies 
—Code of Federal Regulations 
—Chemical Industry Institute of 
Toxicology 
AALAS 
AAMC 
AAVMC 
ACC 
ACP 
ACUC 
AFAAR 
ALD 
ALDF 
AMD 
APA 
APHIS 
APS 
ARC 
ASPCA 
AUCC 
AVMA 
BID 
BIOSIS 
CAAT 
CALAS 
CBO 
CCAC 
CDC 
CFHS 
CFR 
CUT 
CIOMS —Council of International Organizations 
of Medical Sciences 
CITES — Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species 
CPSC —U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission 
CTFA —Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance 
Association 
CT&T —Chemical Times and Trends 
DHEW —U.S. Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare (see DHHS) 
DHHS —U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services 
DOD —U.S. Department of Defense 
DOE —U.S. Department of Energy 
DOT —U.S. Department of Transportation 
EPA —U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
EVIST —Ethics and Values in Science and 
Technology (NSF program) 
FA A —U.S. Federal Aviation Administration 
FASEB —Federation of American Societies for 
Experimental Biology 
FDA — Food and Drug Administration (PHS, 
DHHS) 
FIFRA —Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act 
FOA —Friends of Animals, Inc. 
FOIA —Freedom of Information Act 
FR —Federal Register 
FRAME —Fund for Replacement of Animals in 
Medical Experiments 
FTC —U.S. Federal Trade Commission 
GAO —General Accounting Office (U.S. 
Congress) 
GLP —Good Laboratory Practices 
IACUC —Institutional Animal Care and Use 
Committee 
ILAR —Institute for Laboratory Animal 
Resources (NRC) 
IRAC —Interagency Research Animal 
Committee 
IRB —Institutional Review Board 
ISEF —International Science and Engineering 
Fair 
LADB —Laboratory Animal Data Bank 
LC S0 —median lethal concentration 
LD S0 —median lethal dose 
LSRO —Life Sciences Research Office (FASEB) 
MRI —magnetic resonance imaging 
NAL — National Agricultural Library 
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