Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee

Animal Care & Use Program
Standard Operating Procedures

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Updated March 2006

• Alternatives to Animal Use
• Animal Carcass Disposal
• Animal Euthanasia
• Animal Facility Entry for Personnel
• Animal Identification Policy
• Animal Identification Procedures
• Animal Procurement
• Animal Space Provision
• Animals of Unknown Origin
• Barrier Entry for Animals & Supplies
• Barrier Entry for Emergency Personnel
• Barrier Entry for Personnel
• Bedding Disposal
• Bedding Storage
• Caging Equipment Sanitation
• Cell Line Use in Mice-Disease Surveillance Policy
• Daily Observation of Laboratory Animals
• Drug Storage & Control
• Escaped Rodents
• Feed Storage & Handling
• Guidelines for Rodent Non-Survival Procedures Outside of the Animal Facility
• Isolation Room Policy
• Missing Animal Policy
• Monitoring Mammals While Under Anesthesia
• Mouse Procedures
• Observation of Vaginal Plugs
• Pain and Distress Policy
• Perfusion Technique in Mice
• Rat Procedures
• Reporting Concerns
• Rodent Blood Collection Procedures
• Rodent Breeding Policy
• Rodent Husbandry
• Sentinel Animal Program
• Stabilization Policy
• Training Program
• Transfer of Unused Animals to Another Protocol
• Transportation of Animals to and from USM
• Tumor Guidelines
• Use of Biohazards & Radioactive Materials in Animals