Dec 11, 2020
The Poultry Science Assn., American Dairy Science Assn. and American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) are pleased to announce the release of the 4th edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, commonly known as the Ag Guide. The Ag Guide is available open access free of charge in two formats: PDF and ePub. It is housed on each of the society websites.
The 4th edition of the Ag Guide has been a multi-year, multi-author, multi-society project that has undergone rigorous rounds of individual, society and public review.
This edition builds upon and replaces previous versions of the Ag Guide published in 1988, 1999 and 2010. The Ag Guide comprises subject-oriented chapters covering subjects that pertain to all the agricultural animal species (chapters 1 to 5) and species chapters, which fall under the purview of the respective association(s) dedicated to the species (chapters 6 to 13). Each association appointed a se