Training and Compliance
Introduction
We offer a variety of hands-on IACUC training workshops free to UNC-Chapel Hill staff, faculty, and current students. The workshops are typically two hours long and scheduled throughout the year from 10:00am to 12:00am. We welcome all personnel associated with animal research and all levels of experience. We hope to see you soon!
Animal training for individuals using live vertebrate animals is Federally mandated.
Training Center Information
- Rhonda Lewallen, Barbara Farrell, and Jeri Shaw
- IACUC Training and Compliance
- Phone: 966-5569
- Fax: 966-8429
- Campus mail: CB 7193
- Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday
- iacuc@med.unc.edu
Classes
Note that online sign-up does not guarantee registration. If a space is available, you will be notified of enrollment via email. If you do not receive confirmation within 48 hours of sign-up, please call 966-5569 or 966-8428.
The classes fill up quickly. In the event that you are unable to attend, kindly inform the IACUC office as soon as possible. This will enable us to accommodate people on the waiting list.
Class location is subject to change. Length of the class may vary slightly depending on experience level of the group.
Aseptic Surgical Techniques
You will learn:
- General terms such as aseptic, steril, disinfectant, antiseptic, sterile field
- Instrument Preparation
- Patient Preparation
- Surgeon Preparation
- Sterile Procedures
- Various helpful tips to increase surgical success
Rats: Handling and Basic Techniques
You will learn:
- Methods of safe, humane handling and restraint
- Injection techniques including intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, intravenous, and intramuscular
- Techniques associated with the collection of blood
- Oral gavage
- Various helpful tips and species biodata
Mice: Handling and Basic Techniques
You will learn:
- Methods of safe, humane handling and restraint
- Injection techniques including intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, intravenous, and intramuscular
- Techniques associated with the collection of blood
- Oral gavage
- Various helpful tips and species biodata
Mouse Breeding 101
Objectives:
To give basic information on maintaining a breeder colony. Topics included: mouse life cycle, breeding strategies, record keeping, health issues, basic genetics, policies and guidelines, resources.
For more information or to schedule, please contact Rita Williams: iacuc@med.unc.edu
Training Tailored to Individual or Lab Needs
Objectives:
Researchers and staff may have needs not covered in the formal courses. IACUC offers specialized courses dependent upon these needs, such as Aseptic Surgery Techniques, Pre and Post Procedural Care of Animals, Blood Withdrawal Techniques, etc.
For more information or to schedule individual or lab instruction, please contact OACU: iacuc@med.unc.edu or 966-5569.
Videos, Texts, and Journals
The IACUC Training Library has a variety of videos, CDs, texts, and journals available for your viewing. You may check these materials out by coming to our office and leaving your UNC One Card. It is not required that you view them in our office. For more information, contact:
- Rhonda Lewallen, Barbara Farrell, and Jeri Shaw
- IACUC Training and Compliance
- 966-5569
Videos and CDs
- Aseptic Surgery of Rodents Laboratory Animal Training Association (LATA, 1989)
- Anesthesia and Analgesia (LATA, 1995)
- Anesthesia Matters (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
- Basics of Aseptic Surgery and Anesthesia in Rodents (Pennsylvania State University, 1995)
- Careful How You Hold Me: Insight Into Caring for Laboratory Animals (CD; University of Melbourne, Australia)
- Caring for Life (Foundation for Biomedical Research)
- Disinfection in the Laboratory Animal Facility (Calgon Vestal Laboratories, 1991)
- Handwashing for Lab Animal Research Areas (Calgon Vestal Laboratories, 1991)
- Hope (Foundation for Biomedical Research)
- Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (LATA, 1991)
- Humane Care and Use of Animals (North Carolina State University)
- The Guinea Pig and Rabbit (LATA, 1992)
- Rats and Mice: Introduction and Use in Research (Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science, 1996)
- Rats and Mice: Viral Diseases (Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science, 1996)
- Rats and Mice : Biology (Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science Series, 1996)
- Rats and Mice: Care and Management (Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science Series, 1996)
- Rats and Mice: Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases (Laboratory Animal Medicine And Science, 1996)
- Rats and Mice: Parasitic Diseases (Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science, 1996)
- Rats and Mice: Viral Diseases (Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science, 1996)
- Some Preferred Techniques for the Laboratory Guinea Pig (CALAS, 1999)
- Some Preferred Techniques for the Laboratory Rabbit (CALAS, 1998)
- Some Preferred Techniques for the Laboratory Mouse (CALAS, 1998)
- Some Preferred Techniques for the Laboratory Rat (CALAS) 1997
- Surgical Skills, Vol. 1: Scrubbing, Gowning and Gloves (CD)
- Surgical Skills, Vol. 2: Handling Instruments and Suturing (CD)
- We Can't Live Without Them (The University of Texas)
- Working with the Laboratory Dog (AALAS) (CD) 2001
Texts
- Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)
- Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit, (ACLAM, 1994)
- Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals Volumes I and II, Canadian Council on Animal Care, (1993)
- Humane Endpoints in Animal Experiments for Biomedical Research, (Laboratory Animals Limited, 1989)
- Laboratory Hamsters, (ACLAM, 1987)
- Laboratory Rat, (Academic Press, 2000)
Journals
- Comparative Medicine (Formerly Lab Animal Science,) Vol. 49 #1 to present, AALAS
- Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, Vol.38 #2 to present, AALAS
- Lab Animal, Vol. 29 #12 to present, Natrue America Inc.
- Laboratory Animals, Vol. 34 #1 to present, Laboratory Animals Ltd.
- Laboratory Animal Science, AALAS Vol. 49 #1 to present, AALAS
