IACUC Guidance and Resources

Policies

Oversight

IACUC Policy – Accepting Reviews from Other Institutions

IACUC Policy – Use of DMR Subsequent to FCR

IACUC Policy – Incident Reporting

IACUC Policy – Personnel Training and Qualifications

IACUC Policy – Post–Approval Monitoring

IACUC Policy – Review and Classification of Wildlife Studies

IACUC Policy – Research Occupational Health Program

IACUC Policy – Satellite Animal Facilities

IACUC Policy – Visiting Animals

  • Policies
  • SOPs
  • Templates
  • Guidance
  • Useful Links

Husbandry

IACUC Policy – Acclimation and Quarantine of Farm Animals

IACUC Policy – Acclimation of Newly Acquired Animals

IACUC Policy – Animal Biosafety Level 2

IACUC Policy – Environmental Enrichment

IACUC Policy – Housing Density

IACUC Policy – Housing More Than One Animal Species in a Single Room or Area

IACUC Policy – Rodent and Rabbit Health Monitoring and Biosecurity

IACUC Policy – Shipping and Receiving Non-Vendor Rodents

IACUC Policy – Social Housing

Procedures and Activities

IACUC Policy – Acutely Hazardous Chemical Use in Animals

IACUC Policy – Animal Reuse

IACUC Policy – Blood Collection

IACUC Policy – Chemical Restraint of Injured Farm Animals

IACUC Policy – Euthanasia of Research Animals

IACUC Policy – Food and Water Regulation in Laboratory Animals

IACUC Policy – Laboratory Animal Transport

IACUC Policy – Mouse and Rat Breeding

IACUC Policy – Non–Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds

IACUC Policy – Photography of Research Animals

IACUC Policy – Retroorbital Bleeding and Injections in Mice and Rats

IACUC Policy – Rodent Survival Surgery

IACUC Policy – Swine Castration

IACUC Policy – Tail Docking

IACUC Policy – Tumor Production in Mice and Rats

IACUC Policy – Use of Agricultural Species

SOPs

IACUC SOP – CO2 Euthanasia of Rodent Species

IACUC SOP – Guillotine Maintenance

IACUC SOP – Isoflurane

IACUC SOP – Whole Body Perfusion for Mice

Templates

IACUC Template – Satellite Animal Facility SOP

IACUC Template – Memorandum of Understanding

Guidance

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Eighth Edition

AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals 2020 Edition

Controlled Substances Use in Research Manual

Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching (Ag Guide)

Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the Use of Wild Mammals in Research

American Fisheries Society Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Research

Ornithological Council Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research

IACUC Guidance – Preparing a Breeding Protocol

IACUC Guidance – Rodent and Rabbit Identification

IACUC Guidance – USDA Pain and Distress Levels

Useful Links

URI Environmental Health and Safety

URI Student Health Services

USDA Literature Searching for Animal Use Alternatives