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Policies, guidance, and regulations

Policies

• Administrative Veterinary Review
• Allocating, Counting and Justifying Animal Numbers
• Anesthesia Monitoring and Record Keeping Policy
• Animal Procurement Policy
• Approved Custom Antibody Vendor Listing
• Authority of the Attending Veterinarian
• Biological Specimen Testing
  • Recommendations
• Blood Collection in Laboratory Animals
• Collaboration and Subcontract Research Ventures
• Disposition of Animals
  • Animal Adoption Form
• Dose Volumes in Laboratory Animals
• Euthanasia of Laboratory Animals
• Expired Drugs and Materials
• Food Storage
• Identification of Mice and Rats
• IUB Controlled Substance Policy
• Minors in Hazardous Work Areas
• Noncompliance Event Reporting
• Non-pharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Research
• PI Eligibility Policy
• Post-approval Monitoring (PAM)
• Rodent Quarantine
• Social Housing and Environmental Enrichment
• Stabilization of Research Animals
• Surgery — General Policy
  • Use of Sedatives, Analgesics and Anesthesia
  • Rodent Major Survival Surgery
  • Surgery and Post-Op Record
  • Group Surgery Records
• Transfer of Animals to Off-Campus Locations
  • Request Form for Transfer of Animals to Off-Campus Locations
• Use and Maintenance of Guillotines
• Use and Storage of DEA-controlled Substances and Other Chemicals
• See also LAR Policies, Guidelines, and Formularies

Guidance

• Food and-or Fluid Restrictions in Animals
• Guidelines for Animal Imaging and Recording
• Guidelines for Genotyping Laboratory Mice and Rats
• IU Controlled Substances Guidelines for Research
• Mouse Toe Clipping SOP
• Transportation of Animals — Guidelines
• Tumor Cell Graft Guidelines

Regulations

• Animal Welfare Regulations
• NIH Assurance
• NIH: Checklist for Grant Review of Vertebrate Animal Section
• NIH: What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals
• Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training