ANIMAL USE GUIDELINES & EXPECTATIONS

• Administration of Biological Materials to Rodents
• Amendment or Note to File
• Anesthesia, Surgery and Post-Procedural Recordkeeping (sample forms at bottom of page)
• Anesthetics, Analgesics and Tranquilizers in Lab Animals
• Availability of IACUC Protocols
• Avertin® (2,2,2 Tribromoethanol)
• Blood Collection
• Calibration - Output Validation of Anesthetic Machine Vaporizers
• Cage Space Guidelines
• Disaster/Emergency Planning
• Disaster/Emergency Plan Template for Animal Housing Sites
• Drug Formulary from RAR 
• Egg and Oocyte Harvesting in Xenopus laevis 
• Environmental Enrichment
• Euthanasia Criteria for Animals Used in Research, Teaching & Display
• Euthanasia Standard Methods and CO2 instructions
• Euthanasia for Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
• Food and Fluid Regulation 
• Housing and Husbandry Guidelines
• Humane Endpoints in Animal Care and Use Protocols
• Hypothermia as Anesthesia for Neonatal Rodents
• Identification of Animals outside of RAR
• Immunization, Adjuvants, Route of Administration
• Identification methods including Toe Clipping
• Investigator Managed Housing Area (IMHA) Oversight 
• Maintenance of Animals on an Expired IACUC Protocol
• Maintenance of Guillotines
• Multiple Surgical Procedures
• Needle Re-use
• Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Animals
• Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Research
• Perfusion as Euthanasia or as Non-survival surgery?
• Physical Restraint 
• Prevention, Assessment and Relief of Pain and Distress
• Restraint and Handling
• Rodent Survival Surgery
• Rodent Tail Biopsy
• Social Housing 
• Special Food or Fluid Provision Recordkeeping
• Surgery, Facility Requirements, Post-procedural Care, Antibiotics
• Transporting Animals
• Tumor Endpoint Criteria
• Use of Expired Drugs or Materials
• Wire Bar Flooring for Rodent Housing (scroll down to Rodents, Rabbits, Nonmammals)

Guidance from Professional Organizations

• Care and Use of Agriculutural Animals in Research and Teaching -  from the Federation of Animal Science Societies
• Guidelines For The Care And Use Of Mammals In Neuroscience And Behavioral Research -  from the National Research Council of the National Academies
• Use of Fishes - from the American Fisheries Society, American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• Use of Live Amphibians & Reptiles - from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, The Herpetologists' League, and Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
• Use of Wild Mammals - from the American Society of Mammalogists
• Use of Wild Birds - from the Ornithological Council
• Assessment and Management of Pain in Rodents and Rabbits - from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
• Rodent Surgery - from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine   
• The 3 Rs (Reduction, Refinement, Replacement) - from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine   

Federal and University Regulations

U of M Board of Regents Policies

• Animal Care and Use
• Individual Conflict of Interest
• Institutional Conflict of Interest
• Principal Investigator Eligibility On Sponsored Projects
• Activities Involving Recombinant DNA or Other Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents
• Using Controlled Substances for Research

Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety Links

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

• Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Health Research Extension Act of 1985

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• Animal Welfare Act
• Animal Care Policy Manual

Other Policies

• AVMA Panel on Euthanasia

Sample Anesthesia, Surgery and Post-Procedural Recordkeeping Forms

• Mouse/Rat/Non-Mammal Post-Operative Record
• Mouse/Rat/Non-Mammal Procedure Form
• Mouse/Rat/Non-Mammal Procedure Record
• USDA Species Procedure Surgery Record
• USDA Species Anesthesia Monitoring Record
• USDA Species Post Procedure Recovery and Care Record