Recognizing 25 years of improving animal welfare, advancing science.
OLAW 25th Anniversary Symposium (1985-2010)

Video 2/4: 25 Years of Animal Welfare & Scientific Research, 10/25/2010 afternoon

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Education and Training

Opening remarks
• Mary Lou James, IACUC 101 Series (moderator); opening remarks; 00:00:00

Conmed: The First Educational Forum
• Steele Mattingly, University of Cincinnati; discussion of Conmed, the first continuing education forum on laboratory animal care and use; 00:04:44

Role of Education in Self-Evaluation
• Susan Silk, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH; the need for animal welfare education, its history, and its future; 00:19:35

Discussion (session Q&A with audience)
• All presenters from the Education and Training session; 00:35:26

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Veterinary Care

Opening remarks
• Patricia Brown, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH (moderator); opening remarks; 00:44:21

Where We Were
• Gerald Van Hoosier, University of Washington; evolution of laboratory animal veterinary care in the context of human medicine from the past to present; 00:45:28

Current Standard of Care and Technologies: Non Rodents
• Michael Talcott, Washington University; advances in laboratory animal medicine for non rodents from 1985-2010, focusing on animal use, animal alternatives, refinements in anesthesia and analgesia, behavioral welfare, surgical refinements, imaging, and treatment advancements; 01:09:15

Current Standard of Care and Technologies: Rodents
• William White, Charles River Laboratories; advances in laboratory animal medicine for rodents from 1985-2010, focusing on improvements in the physical environment, biosecurity, disease surveillance, imaging, care of genetically modified animals, surgery, anesthesia, analgesia, post-operative care, animal monitoring, environmental enrichment, documentation, training, and transport; 01:34:46

Improving Animal Housing and Welfare

• Brian Hare, Duke University; good animal welfare as a cooperative human effort, attitudes towards animal welfare, increasing motivation to improve welfare, empathy, fostering a culture of compassion, and examples of research in cognition, behavior, and welfare in multiple species (particularly humans, nonhuman primates and dogs); 01:59:52

Discussion (session Q&A with audience)
• All presenters from the Veterinary Care Session; 02:28:42

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Synergy of Working Together

Opening remarks
• Patricia Brown, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH and John Miller, Office for Protection from Research Risks, NIH; opening remarks; 02:31:03

• Dale Schwindamin, USDA and John Miller, Office for Protection from Research Risks, NIH; synergistic contributions of OPRR and USDA to animal welfare through the Health Research Extension Act, the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, and the Animal Welfare Act Amendments; Part 1 (Dale Schwindamin): 02:36:43; Part 2 (John Miller): 02:55:10

Discussion (session Q&A with audience)
• All presenters from the Synergy of Working Together session; 03:11:33