Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
About:
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 Information:
Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns or Animal Protocol Noncompliance
Adverse Weather and Reduced Operations
IACUC Documents Updated in the Past Six Months:
- Updated 8/2021 – How to become a Laboratory Animal Coordinator
- Updated 8/2021 – SOP for Euthanasia of Research Rodents
- Updated 7/2021 – University Standard on Documentation of “Monthly Principal Investigator (PI) Check Sheet”
- Updated 6/2021 – University Standard for Administered Agents
- Updated 5/2021 – University Standard on Adoption of Companion Animals
- Updated 5/2021 – University Standard on Rodent Survival Surgery
- Updated 3/2021 – University Standard on Rat and Mouse Euthanasia