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)
IACUC Documents Updated in the Past Six Months
- Updated 7/23/19 – University Standard for Animal Transport and Biosecurity
- Updated 06/07/19 – University Standard on Tumor Production and Cancer Research in Mice and Rats
- Updated 06/07/19 – University Standard for Administered Agents
- Updated 05/08/19 – Mouse Cage Density Lecture
- Updated 04/11/19 – University Standard on Rat Cage Density
- Updated 04/10/19 – Mouse Handling and Techniques Packet
- Updated 04/10/19 – Mouse Techniques Certification Sheet
- Updated 04/10/19 – Rat Handling & Techniques Packet
- Updated 04/10/19 – Rat Techniques Certification Sheet
- Updated 3/13/19 – University Standard on Adoption of Companion Animals
- Updated 3/13/19 – University Standard for Animal Transport and Biosecurity
- Updated 3/13/19 – University Standard on Mouse Cage Density
- Updated 3/13/19 – University Standard on Tumor Burden in Rodents
- New 2/11/19 – University Standard for Documentation of Monthly Principal Investigator Check Sheet
- Updated 2/11/19 – Monthly Principal Investigator (PI) Check Sheet Template
- Updated 2/11/19 – University Standard for Satellite FacilitiesMouse Handling & Techniques Packet
- Updated 2/11/19 – Disaster Plan for UNC Satellite Facilities
- Updated 2/11/19 – Pain Relief in Animals
- Updated 1/31/19 – Needle Safety in Animal Studies Posting
- Updated 1/15/19 – University Standard for Monitoring Animals on Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMB)