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How Can the Quality Assurance Team Benefit You?
The Animal Care & Use Office Quality Assurance (QA) Team is a resource for the research community. Through meetings with PIs and their laboratories, the QA Team supports the research community by...Posted On: November 26, 2019 -
Lessons Learned from Fall 2019 Semi-Annual Facility Inspections
The Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) completed its latest round of semi-annual facility inspections at the end of September. These inspections are one of the most important tools...Posted On: November 13, 2019 -
Reminders and Best Practices for Animal Care & Use Program Training
Maintaining a comprehensive training and education program is essential to the U-M’s ongoing commitment to sustained excellence and compassion in animal care and use. To that end, all faculty and...Posted On: October 29, 2019 -
Travis Stein Named New Assistant Manager for Husbandry Services
We are pleased to announce that Travis Stein, RLATg, ILAM, has been named the new Assistant Manager for Husbandry Services in the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM).Posted On: October 25, 2019 -
We Need Your Help to Protect Our Research Animals from Measles Outbreaks
Due to increased incidents of measles outbreaks in our community (both regionally and nationally), all individuals who enter NHP housing rooms or who work with NHPs in clinical settings must provide...Posted On: October 25, 2019 -
Ketamine-Xylazine Mixture from Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
We were recently made aware that the Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is manufacturing and selling a mixture of Ketamine and Xylazine marketed for use in laboratory research animals. This product is NOT a...Posted On: October 24, 2019 -
Important Updates About Animal Drug Availability
It has come to our attention that several drugs frequently used in animals have been temporarily placed on backorder due to manufacturer supply and/or recall issues. Please review the following...Posted On: October 10, 2019 -
NIH Now Requiring ORCID iDs
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in July (NOT-OD-19-109) that, beginning on October 1, 2019, the start of federal fiscal year 2020, they will require ORCIPosted On: October 1, 2019 -
Nominations Sought for New Excellence in Research Animal Care & Use Awards Program
The Animal Care & Use Program has established a new Excellence in Research Animal Care & Use Awards Program to celebrate staff excellence in the humane care and use of animals in research wiPosted On: September 10, 2019 -
Are You Familiar With the New Sanitization Guidelines?
Earlier this year, the Animal Care & Use Program introduced two new guidelines to help formalize the cleaning process for ALL equipment that does not go to cagewash (i.e., not cleaned by ULAM). ...Posted On: August 28, 2019