IACUC Policies and Guidelines
Policies for Researchers
- Investigator and Staff Responsibilities Prior to the Initiation of Vertebrate Animal Use Activities
- Avian Embryos
- Biological Materials/Toxins in Animals
- Collaborating: Policy for Animal Use and Biological Materials Activities with Collaborating Organizations
- Collaborating: Ceding Agreement Form
- Documentation of Training in Research Techniques
- Equipment Maintenance in the Biomedical Vivaria
- Field Studies
- Faxitron: Consideration for Faxitron CP-160 Use
- Genotyping Mice and Rats
- Guidance on USDA Pain Categories
- Hazardous Chemicals in Animals
- Performance of Repeat Procedures
- Personnel Additions to IACUC Protocols
- Retro-Orbital Bleeding and Injections
- Requirement for Personnel Training
- Rodent Toe Clipping
- Streptozotocin: Use of Streptozotocin in Animals
- Tumor Burden Studies in Mice and Rats
- Ultrasound: Considerations for “Non-Standard” Ultrasound Use
- Volunteers, Students and Workshop Participants Handling or Using Vertebrate Animals
Veterinary Policies
- Anesthesia Machine Calibration
- Anesthesia Machine F-Air Canisters
- Anesthesia Machine Use
- Animal Euthanasia
- Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Drugs in Research Animals
- Prolonged Physical Restraint
- Requirement for Institutional Veterinary Consultation for Biomedical, Neurosciences and Biotechnology Studies
- Rodent and Rabbit Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Survival Rodent Surgery
- Veterinary Care
- Weight Loss in Research Animals
Vivarium Policies
- Environmental Enrichment for Rodents Used in Biomedical and Neurobehavioral Studies
- Overcrowded Cages
- Restriction of Movement of Animals Outside the Vivarium
- Vivarium Rodent Count Requirements for IACUC Protocols
IACUC Administrative Policies
- Animal Adoption
- Animal Use and Biological Materials Activities with Collaborating Institutions
- Animal Use/Biological Materials Activities with Collaborating Institutions Ceding Agreement
- Guidelines on Non-Grant Funded Vermin Control at UH Campuses
- IACUC Membership and Terms
- IACUC Ad Hoc Membership and Non-member Resources
- IACUC Availability of Committee Membership Roster
- IACUC Conditions for Designated Member Review
- IACUC Confidentiality and Matters of Conflict of Interest
- IACUC Dealing with Significant Changes
- IACUC Criteria for Evaluating Animal Care and Use Non-compliance and Deviations
- IACUC Guidelines and Procedures for Conducting Inquiries and Investigations into Non-Compliances, Deviations, Animal Misuse or Abuse
- IACUC Policy for Tracking Protocol Renewals
- Reporting Concerns of Animal Misuse or Abuse
- Public Health Service Policy Change Affecting NIH Grants and IACUC Review
Government and Associations
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- USDA-United States Department of Agriculture
- OLAW-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
- Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
- AVMA guidelines on Euthanasia
- American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
- Animal Welfare Information Center
- American Society for Mammalogists Animal Care & Use Committee
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologistsmphibians Publications
- Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research
- OLAW Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
- OLAW What Investigators Need to Know
- Making Monoclonal Antibodies
- Merck Veterinary Manual
- Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, Third Edition, January 2010
- U.S. Government Principles For The Utilization And Care Of Vertebrate Animals Used In Testing, Research And Training
- Preparing Vertebrate Animal Section (VAS) of NIH grant applications, contract proposals, and cooperative agreements for use of live vertebrate animals, including generating custom antibodies and obtaining tissue from live vertebrate animals
- NIH Policy On Model Organisms For Biomedical Research
Universities
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- Johns Hopkins Information on Alternatives to Animal Testing
- University of Iowa
- Kansas State University
- University of California at Davis
Commercial
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