Animal Use Guidelines & Exceptions

Anesthesia/Analgesia/Drugs

• Analgesia Guidelines
• Administration of Analgesics to Rodents
• Anesthetics
• Policy: Anesthesia Monitoring of Research Animals 
  Guidelines: Anesthesia Monitoring of Research Animals
• Policy: Use and Calibration of Anesthetic Machines and Monitoring Equipment
  Guidelines: Use and Calibration of Anesthetic Machines and Monitoring Equipment
• Policy: Hypothermia as Anesthesia for Neonatal Rodents 
  Guidelines: Hypothermia as Anesthesia for Neonatal Rodents
• Policy: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Animals
  Guidelines: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Animals
  
• Prevention, Assessment and Relief of Pain and Distress
• Use of Expired Drugs or Materials
• Policy: Use of Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Animals
  Guidelines: Use of Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Animals

Surgery

• Policy: Mouse and Rat Survival and Non-Survival Surgery and Post-Operative Care 
  Guidelines: Mouse and Rat Survival and Non-Survival Surgery and Post-Operative Care
• Anesthesia, Surgery and Post-Procedural Recordkeeping (sample forms at bottom of page)
• Aquatic Survival Surgery Perioperative Considerations
• Avertin (2,2,2 Tribromoethanol) - See Use of Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Animals Policy and Guidelines above
• Multiple Surgical Procedures
• Surgery Guidelines for Laboratory Animals
  

Euthanasia

• Euthanasia Guidelines
• Euthanasia for Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
• Humane Endpoints in Animal Care and Use Protocols
• Policy: Use and Maintenance of Decapitation Equipment 
  
  Guidelines: Use and Maintenance of Decapitation Equipment
• Perfusion as Euthanasia or as Non-survival Surgery

Housing/Husbandry

• Cage Space Guidelines
• Policy: Co-Housing Multiple Species
  Guidelines: Co-Housing Multiple Species
• Disaster/Emergency Planning
• Disaster/Emergency Plan Template for Animal Housing Sites
• Environmental Enrichment
• Housing and Husbandry Guidelines
• Investigator Managed Housing Area (IMHA) Oversight
• Maintenance of Animals on an Expired IACUC Protocol
• Policy: Social Housing of Research Animals
  Guidelines: Social Housing of Research Animals
• Policy: Transportation of Research Animals
  Guidelines: Transportation of Research Animals

Other Common Procedures

• Policy: Adoption of Teaching or Research Animals
  Guidelines: Adoption of Teaching or Research Animals 
• Administration of Cells, Tissue, and/or Bodily Fluids to Rodents
• Behavioral Equipment (Cleaning/Disinfecting)
• Blood Collection Guidelines
• Egg and Oocyte Harvesting in Xenopus laevis
• Food and Fluid Regulation
• Toe Clipping
• Identification Labeling of Animals Outside of RAR
• Policy: Photography, Video and Audio Recording of Animals Use in Research and Teaching
  Guidelines: Photography, Video and Audio Recording of Animals Use in Research and Teaching
  
• Physical Restraint
• Proper Sterilization of Materials Used in Animal Studies
• Rodent Tail Biopsy
• Routes of Administration Guidelines
• Policy: Tumor Endpoint Criteria
  Guidelines: Tumor Endpoint Criteria

Sample Anesthesia, Surgery and Post-Procedural Recordkeeping Forms

• Mouse/Rat/Non-Mammal Surgical Record
• Mouse/Rat/Non-Mammal Post-Operative Record
• Mouse/Rat/Non-Mammal One Page Surgical and Post-Op Record - Horizontal
  Mouse/Rat/Non-Mammal One Page Surgical and Post-Op Record - Vertical 
• Anesthetic record for non-invasive procedures (e.g. inoculations, tail snips, imaging)
• USDA Species Procedure Surgery Record
• USDA Species Anesthesia Monitoring Record
• USDA Species Post Procedure Recovery and Care Record
• Decapitation Log