title: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Comments.
abstract: In support of the new column in Zebrafish dedicated to initiating conversations about animal care policies and compliance for the zebrafish, the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) has offered the following clarification and guidance.
authors: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors: Doreen H
authors: DH
authors: Bartlett
authors: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors: Susan B
authors: SB
authors: Silk
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D017756:Aquaculture / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D015027:Zebrafish
keywords: Animal Welfare Assurance; OLAW; PHS Policy; guide; performance standards; vertebrate animal