Care and Use of Animals
Policies
- Adequate Animal Care in Animal Study Areas
- Adoption Policy
- Animal Transport Guidelines
- Application to Transfer Animals to the Bioscience Imaging Facility
- Availability of approved protocol(s) at or near animal facilities
- Canine Exercise Program
- Designated Member Review (DMR) Subsequent to Full Committee Review (FCR)
- Documentation of Animal Care and Medical Records
- Environmental Enrichment Policy
- Expired Medical Materials
- Expired/Suspended Protocol Policy
- Food and Water Restriction-Deprivation
- How to Report Concerns/Deficiencies (Whistle-blowing) Policy
- Importation of Rats and Mice
- Maintenance of Herd Animals
- Mouse Housing and Cage Density Policy
- Multiple Survival Surgery
- Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Compound Policy
- Priority Review for Protocols with Sponsor
- Protocol Post-approval Monitoring
- Required Daily Observation Record Keeping for Research and Teaching Animals
- Survival Surgery and Post-Surgical Monitoring of Animals Used in Teaching, Testing, and Research
- Training Policy
- Transporting and Handling Rodents in the Bioscience Imaging Facility
- Wire-Bottom Caging for Rodents
USDA Policies
Guidelines
- AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia - 2013
- Anesthesia and Analgesia Guidelines
- Correction of Violations and Deviations
- Euthanasia Guidelines
- Field Research adn Teaching Guidelines
- Guidelines for the Use of CO2 for Euthanasia of Rodents
- Handling Radio Active Animals
- Human End points for Research and Teaching Animals
- Managing Pain:Anesthesia and Analgesia Agent Guidelines
- Maximum Recommended Injection volumes and needle size
- Microbiological Monitoring (RODAC Plates)
- Personal Hygiene and Attire in Animal Facilities
- Physical Restraint Guideline
- Provision of Veterinary Care
- Recognizing Pain in Animals
- Rodent Survival Surgery
- Rodent Blood Collection Guidelines
- Stabilization and Acclimation of Research Animals
- Testing Cell Lines For Rodent Infections Agents
- Treatment of Animals under Veterinary Care
- Volatile Gas Anesthesia Guidelines