Policies & Guidelines

Program Policies

• Amendment Classifications and IACUC Review Processes
• Attending Veterinarian Consultation and Veterinary Best Practices
• Cage Compliance
• Camera, Video and Audio Recording of Research under IACUC Oversight
• Food or Water Restriction
• Housing of Rodents
• Occupational Health Surveillance for Personnel with Animal Exposure and/or Entering Vivarium
• Physical Restraint of Animals
• Post-Approval Monitoring (PAM)
• Pre-Research Site Inspection
• Reporting Requirements for Pilot Studies / Studies Involving Pain / Distress Category E
• Rodent Surgery
• Social Housing Multiple Species of Rodents in One Room
• Transfer of Animals Between Protocols
• Use of Non-Pharmaceutical and Expired Compounds in Animals
• Visitors to the Vivarium
• Vivarium Injury Treatment and Reporting (Bites, Exposures, and Other Injuries)

Guidelines & SOPs

• Analgesics Recommended to Reduce Pain and Distress in Rats and Mice
• Determining When IACUC Approval is Required
• Euthanasia of Mice and Rats
• Field Research, Training, & Teaching Risk Mitigation
• In vivo Optical Imaging of Mice and Rats
• Reporting Non-Compliance, Adverse Events, Abnormal Behaviors/Conditions, and Other Incidents
• Requirements for Personnel Listed on IACUC Protocols
• Rodent Body Condition Scoring
• Rodent Blood Collection
• Rodent Genotyping
• Tumor Production in Rats and Mice
• Use of Embryos of Egg-Laying Vertebrate Species
• Guidelines for Nanoparticle Use (All Programs)