Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Please be on the lookout for updates and changes to the IACUC program and website.
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) supervises all research using laboratory animals. Individuals applying for external research support must have an approved protocol before their projects begin.
IACUC Applications
- Updated IACUC Application
- NEW! IACUC Amendment Form
- Updated IACUC Personnel Amendment Form
- NEW! IACUC Annual Review Form
- Animal Order Form
- Application for Space Assignment for Animal Facility
Policies
Procedures
- IACUC Statement of Procedures (currently being updated)
- IACUC Routing Process
- Visitor Policy and Forms
- Facility Manual
- Animal Bites and Scratches Guidelines
FAQs and Helpful Information for Working with Animals
- IACUC FAQs
- NEW! Ethics, Scientific Merit Review, and Harm-Benefit Analysis in Animal Research Webinar Summary
- NEW! Anesthesia FAQs
- NEW! Animal Numbers FAQs
- NEW! Blood Collection FAQs
- NEW! Blood Withdrawal FAQs
- NEW! Drug Administration FAQs
- NEW! Injection FAQs
- NEW! Judging Morbidity FAQs
- NEW! Orbital Blood Collection FAQs
- NEW! Rodent Identification FAQs
- Drug Formulary (Mice)
- Drug Formulary (Rats)
Occupational Health
Training
Important News: Effective February 8, 2010, LATA training will no longer be accepted for new submissions or for the addition of new personnel to existing studies. CITI training is the required training.
Helpful Links
- Guide for The Care and Use of Laboratory Animals-8th Edition
- Mouse Grimace Scale
- Animal Welfare Information Center
- Regulatory Enforcement and Animal Care
- Euthanasia
Additional Information and Regulations
- Lab Animal
- Harlan
- Charles River Laboratories
- IACUC.org
- AALAS: American Association of Laboratory Animal Science
- Mouse Genome Informatics

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