Animal Use Guidelines & Exceptions
Definition of terms:
- Policy: a general statement of IACUC requirements.
- Guideline: specific instructions for how to comply with a policy, may be updated as best practices in the field evolve.
A policy may have more than one associated guideline.
When referring to these documents, please make sure to read and adhere to both the policy and any related guidelines.
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Anesthesia/Analgesia/Drugs
- Analgesia Guidelines
- Administration of Analgesics to Rodents
- Policy: Administration of Analgesics to Rodents via Drinking Water
Guidelines: Administration of Analgesics to Rodents via Drinking Water - 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
- Policy: Use of Expired Drugs or Materials
Guidelines: 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
- Policy: Euthanasia Criteria for Animals Used in Research, Teaching, Agricultural and Display Protocols
Guidelines: Euthanasia Criteria for Animals Used in Research, Teaching, Agricultural and Display Protocols - Species Specific Euthanasia Guidelines
- Euthanasia for Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- Policy: Use and Maintenance of Decapitation Equipment
Guidelines: Use and Maintenance of Decapitation Equipment
Perfusion as Euthanasia or as Non-survival Surgery
Housing/Husbandry
- Policy: Acclimation and Stabilization of Animals Used for Research, Teaching or Agricultural Studies
Guidelines: Acclimation and Stabilization of Animals Used for Research, Teaching or Agricultural Studies - 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
- Policy: Identification of Animals
- 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
- 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