Guidelines and SOPs

IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

-Protocol/Kuali related questions
-Request status of protocol review
-Semiannual program reviews
-Welfare, care & use of lab animals
-Grant congruency info

IACUC

CRF Comparative Research Facility

-Animal Ordering questions
-Regarding CRF facilities rates, billing, room scheduling
-Animal health care related assistance
-Technical services & trainings

Alternatives and the 3Rs

ALTWEB

EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing

Norecopa Database on the 3Rs

NC3Rs National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research

Animal Welfare Institute - Refinement Database

ALTBIB - Resources for Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing

Calculating Animal Numbers

http://vassarstats.net/

http://www.quantitativeskills.com/sisa/calculations/samsize.htm

http://hedwig.mgh.harvard.edu/sample_size/size.html

Euthanasia and Humane Endpoints

https://www.avma.org/sites/default/files/2020-01/2020_Euthanasia_Final_1-15-20.pdf

https://www.humane-endpoints.info/en

Monitoring Tumor Growth in Rodents (PDF, 397KB)

Mouse Housing (PDF, 92.7KB)

NIH Guideline Blood Collection In Mice and Rats (PDF, 526KB)

Rat Housing (PDF, 74.9KB)

Sample Rodent_Anesthesia_and_post_op_Record (PDF, 58.9KB)

Use of Electric Shock (PDF, 79.8KB)