National Academy of Sciences Assessment

The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) has appointed a Committee that is now conducting an Assessment of the Care and Use of Dogs in Biomedical Research Funded by or Conducted at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Information about the Assessment is posted here by the NASEM.

Report of the Committee -- published 7/1/20

• Necessity, Use, and Care of Laboratory Dogs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Documents that the VA has submitted or otherwise provided to the Committee

• VA Canine Research Documents - submitted 11/28/18



The Appendices for which no links are provided in the file may be accessed here:

• Appendix 6 "Selected VA Research Accomplishments with Dogs"
• Appendix 8 "Current VA Dog Projects"
• Appendix 9 "Veterans Health Administration FOIA Guidance on Animal Research Requests"
• Canine Research in the Department of Veterans Affairs - PowerPoint presentation 12/9/18
• Publications from the Last 10 Years Stemming from VA Research with Dogs, submitted 3/8/19
• VA Response to Follow-Up Questions of the Committee, submitted 3/8/19
• Publications related to Appendix 8, submitted 3/8/19

News about the Assessment

• NASEM Affirms Need for Canine Research (July 16, 2020)
• VA Press Release about the report of the Committee (July 1, 2020)
• National Academies press release about the report of the Committee (July 1, 2020)
• Scrutiny of VA Canine Research Continues (April 10, 2019)