University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DIVISION OF ANIMAL RESOURCES and
AGRICULTURAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE PROGRAM

Section 4

Campus Policies Related to Laboratory Animal Use

The UIUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) establishes campus policies related to use of animals in order to assist investigators and animal care staff in interpreting existing regulations and guidelines, to assure compliance with existing regulations, and to provide public assurance of humane treatment of laboratory animals. As policies are established or revised, they are posted on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee's (IACUC) web site (http://www.iacuc.uiuc.edu/policies.html). The current posted policies are as follows:

• Urbana-Champaign Policy Governing the Use and Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (Campus Administrative Manual)
• Policy for Review of Animal Use Protocols at UIUC
• Policy for Procurement of Laboratory Animals
• Policy on Exposure to Animals Used in Research and Teaching
• Policy for Testing of Biological Specimens to be Implanted into Live Laboratory Rodents
• Policy on the Export of Laboratory Animals
• Policy on the Exercise of Dogs
• Policy on Survival Surgery and Post-Surgical Monitoring of Animals Used in Research, Teaching and Testing
• Policy on Survival Surgery in Rodents
• Rodent Biosecurity at UIUC
• Policy on Use of Sedatives, Analgesics, and Anesthetics in Animals Used in Research and Teaching
• Guidelines for the Use of Freund's Adjuvant in Laboratory Animals
• Policy and Guidelines on The Maintenance of Hybridomas in Rodents and the Collection of Ascites Fluid
• Policy on Import of Rodents into UIUC Animal Facilities
• Use of Wire-Bottom Caging for Rodents
• Policy on Stabilization of Newly Arrived Research and Teaching Animals
• Policy on Reporting Morbidity and Mortality in Animals Used in Research and Teaching
• Policy on Environmental Enrichment for Rabbits, Rodents and Ferrets
• Policy on Oversight of Investigator-Maintained Animal Colonies
• Guidelines on Issuing Health Certificates for Animals Leaving UIUC Laboratory Animal Facilities
• Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals
• Monitoring Animals at Risk of Developing Protocol-Related Morbidity or Mortality
• Guidelines for Rendering Carcasses

All research personnel involved in protocols using animals are expected to be knowledgeable about these policies and incorporate their requirements into animal use protocols. In order to complete this module, please find and review these policies before attempting to answer the questions at the completion of the Basic Module for Research Personnel. Some of the material described in these policies will be described in subsequent sections of this training module.

last updated: October 18, 2005