Policies

The IACUC has developed the following policies and procedures to ensure the University of Virginia's compliance with federal regulations for animal care and use. (PDF format)

• Allocating Specific Categories to USDA Category "C"
• Policy on Anesthetic Vaporizer Calibration
• Policy on Ascites Production in Mice & Rats
• Policy and Procedures for Experiments Involving the Use of Biological Agents in Animal Care and Use
• Policy on Cage and Tank Card Information
• Policy and Procedures for Departing Faculty With Active Animal Research Protocols
• Policy on Euthanasia, Confirmation of Death, and Carcass Disposal
• Policy and Procedure for Euthanasia by Decapitation
• Policy on Footpad Injection Procedure
• Policy on the Use of Freund's Adjuvant
• Policy on Housing Two Rodent Species in One Room at ABSL2
• Policy and Guidelines on Humane Endpoints
• Policy on the Use of Laboratory Mixtures or Dilutions of Anesthetics or Analgesics
• Policy on Long Term Husbandry Administered by PIs
• Policy on Minor Modification Review
  • Minor Modification Review Procedure
• Policy on Non-Compliance for Animal Care and Use
• Policy and Guidelines for Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals
• Policy on Oocyte Harvesting In Xenopus
• Policy on Pets in Animal Research Labs
• Policy on Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds
• Policy on Principal Investigator Eligibility
• Q- Fever Policy
• Policy on Recognition and Assessment of Pain & Distress
• Policy on Rodent Surgery and Post-Operative Care
• Policy on Rodent Surgery and Post-Operative Care -Chinese Translation
• Policy on Satellite Housing
• Policy on Scavenging of Waste Anesthetic Gas
• Policy on the Use of Toe Clipping for Animal Identification
• Policy on Tissue Biopsies for Genotyping of Mice
• Policy on Tumor Production and Cancer Research
• Policy on USDA Species Surgical Care
• Policy on UVA Field Stations
• Policy on Visual Images of Animals
  
• Policy on Weaning of Rats & Mice
  

• Adding New Personnel to an Existing Protocol
• Ectotherm SOP Checklist
• SOP for NIH Funded Animal Research Subcontracted to Foreign Countries
• SOP Template for Aquatic Amphibians
  
• SOP #230 - Cage Change of Rodents Inoculated with Radioisotopic Material
• SOP #250 - Microbial Monitoring