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  Annual Reports to OLAW (Formerly OPPR) 1995-2002

  This item set contains the annual reports from the University Committee on the Use and Care of Animals to OLAW/OPPR from 1995 to 2002. Within each of these reports the program changes, the semi-annual review notes and the minority reports are listed along with a description of members of the committee and a description and/or list of the facility inspections conducted. There is also occasionally correspondence that the letters have been received and the envelopes they were sent in.
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  The Papers of Professor Bennett J. Cohen, 1942-1990

  Select papers from the "Biographical Materials" and "General Animal Research" folders of Professor Bennett J. Cohen. Cohen was a pioneer in the field of animal testing research. Trained as a veterinarian, he founded the ULAM (Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine) at the University of Michigan and authored the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals." His later-in-life animal research focused on aging with studies on improving wound healing rates of older mice.
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  To Eat or Not to Eat: Philosophical Questions About the Animal Dead

  A thesis by a University of Michigan student that discusses the ethical implications of the consumption of animal meat.
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  University Committee on the Use and Care of Animals (University of Michigan) records, 1979-2003.

  Accreditation report produced by UCUCA and delivered to Bennet J. Cohen at the University of Michigan detailing their site visit findings. Memo from Bennet J. Cohen to University of Michigan's Committee to the Use and Care of Animals briefing and forwarding the report.
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  University Committee on the Use and Care of Animals Records

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  American Association for Accreditation for Laboratory Animal Care: Site Visit Report

  A 1983 site-visit evaluation report from the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care that reviews the state of animal research facilities at the University of Michigan. It summarizes widespread deficiencies in surgical spaces, sanitation practices, housing conditions, ventilation, lighting, and animal health oversight, along with required corrective actions. Notable findings include dirty and blood-stained surgical areas, overcrowded or improperly sized cages, rusted or urine-encrusted cages and equipment, and a morgue freezer overfull of dead animals amid blood and other debris.