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 11/2021 – University Standard for Administered Agents
- Updated 10/2021 – Standard on Rat and Mouse Euthanasia
- Updated 10/2021 – Standard on Food and/or Water Restriction and/or Deprivation
- Updated 10/2021 – Standard on Weight Loss in Research Animals
- Updated 10/2021 – Standard on Humane Endpoints in Rodents
- Updated 10/2021 – Standard on Animal Monitoring and Record Keeping
- 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”