Canada and the FDA in the United States,
and is accredited by the Association for
Assessment and Accreditation of Labora-
tory Animal Care International (AAALAC
International) and the Canadian Council on
Animal Care (CCAC).
Those accreditations are vitally important
for an organization like AccelLAB at a time
when the focus on animal health and wel-
fare, particularly in the area of medical
testing, is closely scrutinized worldwide.
“It’s an environment that’s very highly
regulated. I think we’ve seen a lot of re-
finements even over the past few years,”
Leclerc explained. “We’re being audited
by agencies like CCAC and also the Ameri-
can AAALAC. Through these audits we’re
constantly improving our methods and
sharing that with other users with similar
methodology. There’s a constant improve-
ment in this field of research.”
In an effort to ensure the health and wel-
fare of the animals in their program, Ac-
celLAB operates a veterinary care, preven-
tive medicine and biosecurity program run
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