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 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
• Updated 5/8/18 – Mouse Colony Management Lecture
• Updated 5/7/18 – University Standard on Tumor Burden in Rodents
• Updated 4/16/18 – University Standard for Aseptic Rodent Surgery
• Updated 4/16/18 – University Standard for Anesthetic Vaporizers
• Updated 4/16/18 – University Standard for Environmental Enrichment Program for Research Animals
• New 3/20/18 – Personnel Section Updates
• Updated 3/13/18 – University Standard for Food-Water Restriction-Deprivation
• Updated 3/12/18 – University Standard for Mouse and Rat Euthanasia
• Updated 3/12/18 – University Standard for Exceptions