Policies & Guidelines
Program Policies
- Amendment Classifications and IACUC Review Processes
- Attending Veterinarian Consultation and Veterinary Best Practices
- Cage Compliance
- Camera, Video, and Audio Recording in the Vivarium
- 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)
- 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
Guidelines & SOPs
- Analgesics Recommended to Reduce Pain and Distress in Rats, Mice, and Rabbits
- Determining When IACUC Approval is Required
- Euthanasia of Mice and Rats
- In vivo Optical Imaging of Mice and Rats
- Reporting 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 Nanoparticles