IACUC Policies and Guidelines

IACUC is an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. IACUC’s are mandated by two different federal laws, the Animal Welfare Act and the Health Research Extension Act.

Policy and Procedure Manual Sections Relating to IACUC

• Section 290-30 Use and Care of Animals in Teaching and Research
• Section 290-25 Health Services for Individuals Having Animal Contact

Background

These a statements of policy address areas in which federal laws or the guidelines of granting agencies are somewhat unclear. The IACUC has tried to create a clear statement of policy in these areas to help researchers understand what is expected of them and to make certain that all researchers are treated equitably.

Campus Standards for Animal Care– Click here

IACUC Policies and Guidelines

• Inhalation Anesthesia Policy (new)
• Surgery Guidelines for Aquatic Amphibians and Fish (new)
• Rodent Breeding Policy (new)
• Sanitization of Handwashed Equipment (new)
• Acceptable Maximum and Absolute Maximum Volumes for Research Compound Administration
• Adoption of Animals Used in Research and Teaching
• Anesthesia Machine/Vaporizer Calibration and Verification Guidelines 
• Animal Care and Use Occupational Health Program
• Animal Acquisition, Acclimation and the Tracking System Policy
• Blood Collection: Volumes, Frequency and Sites
• Clinical Veterinarian Authority
• Rodent Genotyping and Identification Methods
• Reports of Animal Care and Use Concerns
• Environmental Alarms in Animal Facilities
• Expired Drugs and Medical Materials 
  
• Facility Inspection Program
• Fluid Bag Shelf Life and Use Policy
• Guidelines for Anesthetic Mixtures and Diluted Drugs in Laboratory Animals
• Guidelines for Euthanasia of Research and Teaching Animals
• Therapeutic Drug Changes on Approved IACUC Protocols
• Guidelines for Gaining and Maintaining Approval for Principal Investigator Maintained Animal Facilities
• Humane Endpoints for Laboratory Animals
• IACUC Charge
• Laboratory/Study Area Inspection Program
• Laboratory Housing for Research Animals 
  
• Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Sodium Pentobarbital
• Numbers Rationale for Animals in Protocols
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) When Working with Animals in Investigator Laboratories and Related Facilities
• Post Approval Monitoring Program
• Protocol and Amendment Review Process
• IACUC Protocols Involving Hazardous Materials and Standard of Care Medications
• Protocol Suspension
• Scientist-in-Charge and Technician-in-Charge Roles and Responsibilities
• Social Housing of Social Species 
• Studies involving Non-University Owned  and Non-client Animals
• Surgery Guidelines for Rodents
• Surgery Guidelines for Non-rodent USDA Covered Species
• The Use of Prolonged Physical Restraint in Non-sedated Research and Teaching Animals
• Training Requirements for Personnel Working with Live, Vertebrate Animals Use in Research and Teaching 
  
• Transporting Research and Teaching Animals
• UC Davis Animal Care Program Event and Emergency Reporting Policy   
  
• Use of UC Davis Facilities by Non-UC Davis Personnel
• Use of Non-Pharmaceutical-Grade Compounds in Animals
• Use of Radios and Other Sound Generating Devices in the Vivaria
• Use of Shelter Animals in Research and Teaching Projects
• Provision of Veterinary Care by Veterinarians that are not members of the UC Davis centralized support Veterinary Teams
• Xenopus Oocyte Harvesting- replaced by Surgery Guidelines for Aquatic Amphibians and Fish