Animal Care and Use Policies and Guidelines

IACUC Policies

Administrative Information

• Animal Care and Use Policy
• Concerns Involving Animal Care and Use
• Documenting Number of Animal Used for Research & Teaching
• Training Requirements for Personnel Working with Animals
• Adoption of Research or Teaching Animals
• Use of IACUC Holding Protocol

Agent Administration

• Expired Medical Materials
• Individual Investigator Use of Controlled Substances in Non-Therapeutic Research
• Inhalation Anesthesia Machine / Vaporizer / Waste Gas Maintenance
• Multi-Puncture Drug and Fluid Administration
• Use of Pharmaceutical and Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Animals and Labeling Expectations

Euthanasia Techniques and Protocols

• CO2 Euthanasia of Rodents
• Euthanasia of Rodent Fetuses and Neonates
• Standard Adverse Effects and Early Removal Criteria

Husbandry and Facilities

• Documentation of Husbandry Procedures
• Housing Requirements for Animals
• Breeding Policy for Mice and Rats
• Movement of Animals Outside the Animal Housing Location
• Reporting of Temperature Excursions in Animal Housing Locations
• Sanitation Validation
• Social Housing and Environmental Enrichment

Procedures and Methods

• Anesthesia Use and Surgery in USDA-Covered-non-Rodent Species
• Blood Collection
• Food and Fluid Restriction
• Prolonged Physical Restraint
• Rodent Identification
• Tissue Sampling Policy for Rodent Genotyping

Protocol Review

• IACUC Member Conflict of Interest
• Vertebrate Animal Field Studies
• Privately-Owned Animals – IACUC Oversight of Use for Research or Teaching

Surgery and Equipment

• Autoclave Verification and Validation for Survival Surgical Equipment
• Rodent Survival Surgery

Health and Safety

• IACUC Hazard Risk Assessment
• Occupational Health Program

Guidelines

Veterinary Guidelines

General

• Disinfectant and Sterilization Methods

Rodent Specific

• Rodent Analgesia and Anesthesia
• Rodent Survival Surgery
• Refrigerated Storage of Rodent Carcasses
• User Guidance on Cage Level Rodent Survival Surgery: Post-operative Monitoring Cards

Other Species

• Surgery in USDA Covered Species Non-Rodent

Vivarium and Facility

• Requesting Animal Movement
• Rodent Supply Requests
• ULAR Med Overview
• Administered Extended Release (ER) Buprenorphine

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