Announcements

Several service areas in the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) will be closed or operating at limited capacity during the upcoming holiday season. Below is a list of operating schedules and...

To ensure the continued health and well-being of mice utilized in research at the University, and to remain consistent with federal standards governing animal use activities, the Policy on Mouse and...

All animals that are administered human-derived substances must now be housed under ABSL-2 conditions unless those substances have been documented to be free from blood-borne pathogens and other...

In an effort to minimize and eliminate issues of non-compliance, the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) will institute a new Investigating Noncompliance and Animal Welfare Concerns...

In an effort to help relieve administrative burden on Principal Investigators and their labs, the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) recently transitioned to a Use Category (UC)...

To ensure compliance with current Occupational Safety & Environmental Health (OSEH) and Animal Care & Use practice standards, the Animals Administered a Hazardous Substance Requiring...

Beginning on Friday, July 1, all singly housed animals will be provided additional enrichment. This additional item will be added to the home cage on the first cage change an animal is noted to be...

ALL faculty and staff working under an IACUC animal use protocol, regardless of whether or not they directly handle laboratory animals, are required to complete an online course in MLearning called "...

Surgical records for rodents, reptiles, amphibians, and fish (non-USDA regulated species) now need to be maintained for a period of one year after the completion of the surgical procedure. These new...

Based on standard veterinary practices and provisions for animal welfare, the Guidelines on the Performance of Surgery in Rodents have been updated.