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) expiration April 30, 2025
- USDA Animal Research Facility Registration Number: 55-R-0004
- AAALAC Institutional Number: #329 (Last re-accreditation November 2020)
Important Information:
Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns or Animal Protocol Noncompliance
Adverse Weather and Reduced Operations
IACUC Documents Updated in the Past Six Months:
- Updated 6/2022 – Standard on Mouse Cage Density
- Updated 4/2022 – Standard on Animal Transport and Biosecurity
- Updated 4/2022 – Standard for Inhaled Anesthetics
- Updated 3/2022 – Standard for Rodent Blood Withdrawal and Tail Biopsy
- Updated 3/2022 – Standard on Documentation of “Monthly Principal Investigator (PI) Check Sheet”
- Updated 3/2022 – Standard on Tumor Production and Cancer Research in Mice and Rats