Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Overview/Mission

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees the University’s animal care and use program and is responsible for reviewing all animal care applications using vertebrate animals, ensuring compliance with federal animal welfare regulations, inspecting animal facilities and investigator laboratories, investigating animal concerns, and overseeing training and educational programs.  Continue Here

• NIH/PHS Animal Welfare Assurance Number:D16-00256 (A3410-01)
• USDA Animal Research Facility Registration Number: 55-R-0004
• AAALAC Institutional Number: #329 (Last re-accreditation June 2017)

IMPORTANT NOTICES

• Updated 1/15/19 – University Standard for Monitoring Animals on Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMB)
• Updated 12/7/18 – Laboratory Animal Coordinator Lecture
• Updated 12/4/18 – University Standard for Rodent Survival Surgery
• Updated 12/4/18 – University Standard for Survival Surgeries for USDA Covered Species
• Updated 12/4/18 – University Standard for Reporting and Veterinary Care for Research Animals
• Updated 11/16/18 – Mouse Handling & Techniques
• Updated 11/16/18 – Rat Handling & Techniques
• Updated 11/16/18 – Aseptic Technique
• Updated 11/6/18 – University Standard for Animal Procedural Space Exception
• Updated 11/5/18 – University Standard for Satellite Facilities
• Updated 11/5/18 – University Standard for Rodent Identification
• Updated 10/22/18 – University Standard for Administered Agents
• Updated 10/22/18 – University Standard for Monitoring Animals on Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMB)
• Updated 10/2/18 – Rat Handling & Techniques
• Updated 10/2/18 – Mouse Handling & Techniques
• Updated 10/2/18 – Aseptic Technique
• Updated 10/2/18 – University Standard for Post-Operative Analgesia
• Updated 9/19/18 – University Standard for Animal Monitoring Documentation and Recordkeeping
• Updated 9/19/18 – University Standard for Weight Loss in Research Animals
• New 8/31/18 – DCM Veterinarian Recommended Formularies and Regimens
• Updated 7/26/18 – University Standard for Assignment of Animals into Pain Categories
• Updated 7/26/18 – University Standard for Exercise and Socialization
• New 7/26/18 – University Standard for Isoflurane Euthanasia Drop Method
• Updated 7/9/18 – Rat Handling & Techniques
• Updated 7/9/18 – Mouse Handling & Techniques
• Updated 6/22/18 – University Standard for Administered Agents
• Updated 6/14/18 – University Standard for Post-Operative Analgesia