INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE

CASE POLICIES AND RESOURCES

• Anesthesia, Analgesia and Tranquilization, and the use of Ethyl Ether
• Antibody Production
• Blood Collection
• Elective Surgery Repair
• Environmental Enrichment
• Experimental Endpoints
• Euthanasia
• Euthanasia of Rodent Fetuses and Neonates
• Freund's Adjuvant
• Injection Substances into Rodents
• Oocyte Collection
• Pain Classifications
• Use of Random-Source Dogs and Cats for Research, Testing and Education
• Tail Biopsies
• Toe Clipping
• Tumor Inoculation
• Tumor Production

• Anonymous Animal Incident Report
• Avian Embryos
• Conditioning and Quarantining
• Guidelines for Training and Demonstration Protocols
• Animal Imaging Facility
• Investigator Assigned Space
• Non Affiliated Entities
• Non Compliance Issues
• IACUC Non Compliance Flowchart
• Occupational Health
• Space Requirements for Rodents

Regulatory Resources Links

These links are direct links to regulatory agency resources which can be used as a reference when preparing an animal use protocol.

1. Animal Welfare Act

2. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

3. Enrichment for Mice
Enrichment for Lab Animals
Enrichment for Non-Human Primates
Enrichment for Farm Animals

4. ILAR Journal

5. em>Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook

6. Lab Animal web site

7. Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

8. United State Department of Agriculture (USDA)

9.Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia

10. Scientists Center for animal Welfare (SCAW)

11. Statistical Methods:
Hyperstat Online
Case/UH Cancer Center Biostatistics Core
StatPages.org