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Policies, guidance, and regulations

Policies

• Administrative Veterinary Review (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Allocating, Counting and Justifying Animal Numbers (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Animal Procurement Policy (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Approved Custom Antibody Vendor Listing (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Authority of the Attending Veterinarian (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Biological Specimen Testing (Accessible 07/23/19)
  • Recommendations (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Blood Collection in Laboratory Animals (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Collaboration and Subcontract Research Ventures (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Disposition of Animals (Accessible 07/23/19)
  • Animal Adoption Form (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Dose Volumes in Laboratory Animals (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Euthanasia of Laboratory Animals
• Expired Drugs and Materials (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Food Storage (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Identification of Mice and Rats (Accessible 07/23/19)
• IUB Controlled Substance Policy (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Minors in Hazardous Work Areas
• Noncompliance Event Reporting (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Non-pharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Research (Accessible 07/23/19)
• PI Eligibility Policy
• Post-approval Monitoring (PAM) (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Rodent Quarantine (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Social Housing and Environmental Enrichment (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Stabilization of Research Animals (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Surgery and Post-Surgical Monitoring of Rodents Used in Research
  • Use of Anesthetics, Analgesics and Sedatives in Reseearch Animals
• Transfer of Animals to Off-Campus Locations (Accessible 07/23/19)
  • Request Form for Transfer of Animals to Off-Campus Locations (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Use and Maintenance of Guillotines (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Use and Storage of DEA-controlled Substances and Other Chemicals (Accessible 07/23/19)
• See also LAR Policies, Guidelines, and Formularies

Guidance

• Food and-or Fluid Restrictions in Animals (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Guidelines for Animal Imaging and Recording (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Guidelines for Genotyping Laboratory Mice and Rats (Accessible 07/23/19)
• IU Controlled Substances Guidelines for Research
• Mouse Toe Clipping SOP (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Transportation of Animals — Guidelines (Accessible 07/23/19)
• Tumor Cell Graft Guidelines (Accessible 07/23/19)

Regulations

• Animal Welfare Regulations
• NIH Assurance (Accessible 07/23/19)
• NIH: Checklist for Grant Review of Vertebrate Animal Section
• NIH: What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals (Accessible 07/23/19)
• 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