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Policies, guidance, and regulations
Policies
- Administrative Veterinary Review (Accessible 03/10/22)
- 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)
- 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 (Accessible 10/13/21)
- 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
- Minors in Hazardous Work Areas
- Noncompliance Event Reporting (Accessible 05/10/21)
- Non-pharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Research (Accessible 07/23/19)
- PI Eligibility Policy (Accessible 09/20/21)
- 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 (Accessible 10/13/21)
- Use of Anesthetics, Analgesics and Sedatives in Research Animals (Accessible 10/13/21)
- 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)
- Full Committee Review (FCR) to Subsequent Designated Member Review (DMR) SOP (Accessible 01/10/22)
- Guidelines for Animal Imaging and Recording (Accessible 07/23/19)
- Guidelines for Genotyping Laboratory Mice and Rats (Accessible 03/21/22)
- IU Controlled Substances Guidelines for Research
- Mouse Toe Clipping SOP (Accessible 07/23/19)
- Tumor Cell Graft Guidelines (Accessible 07/23/19)
Regulations
- Animal Welfare Act
- AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals
- NIH Assurance
- 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