IACUC Policies & Guidelines

Guidelines

• Anesthesia and Analgesics in Laboratory Animals
• Blood Sample Withdrawal
• Counting Animals on a Protocol
• Handling, Preparing, and Using MS-222
• Humane Endpoints
• Injections in Laboratory Animals
• Recordkeeping, Preoperative Care, & Monitoring
• Reporting Adverse Events
• Restraint in Animal Teaching & Research
• USDA Pain & Distress Categories
• Use of Expired Products
• Veterinary Drug Labeling

Policies

• Animal Escape & Notification
• Avian Embryo Use
• Breeding of Rodents
• Food or Water Restriction
• Isolation of Sick Animals
• Survival Surgeries
• Use of Zebrafish

Policies

• Euthanasia of Laboratory Mice and Rats
• Protocol Closure or Transfer in the Event of a PI’s Absence

Guidelines

• Cage Card System
• Tracking Animal Use

Policies

• Animal Husbandry Care and Documentation
• Animal Identification
• Approval of New Animal Facilities
• Group Housing of Social Species
• Holding of Animals not on Active Research Protocols
• Housing and Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Animals
• Mice Cage Sizing and Density
• Non-Vivarium Animal Housing
• Quarantine & Stabilization of Research Animals
• Transportation of Research Animals

Policies

• Animal Use in Learning or Teaching

Policies

• Inter-Institutional Animal Research

Monitoring and Non-Compliance

Guidelines

• Congruence for NIH Funded Animal Studies

Policies

• Non-Compliance
• Reporting of Animal Concerns
• Reporting to External Agencies
• Review of Animal Welfare Concerns

Guidelines

• Performing a Literature Search for Alternatives

Policies

• Administrative Review of Protocol Amendments
• Amendments Requiring a New Protocol
• Closure of Active IACUC Protocols by PI Request or Expiration
• Eligibility & Responsibilities of the Principal Investigator
• Exempt Animal Protocols
• Genetically Modified Animals
• IACUC Protocol Submission
• Procurement of Laboratory Animals
• Use of Literature Searches for Alternatives
• Use of DMR Subsequent to FCR

Guidelines

• Health & Safety
• Short Term Researcher Training

Policies

• Training of Principal Investigators, Researchers, & Animal Care Staff