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 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)
• Updated 12/7/18 – Laboratory Animal Coordinator Lecture
• Updated 12/4/18 – University Standard for Rodent Survival Surgery
• Updated 12/4/18 – University Standard for Survival Surgeries for USDA Covered Species
• Updated 12/4/18 – University Standard for Reporting and Veterinary Care for Research Animals
• Updated 11/16/18 – Aseptic Technique
• Updated 11/6/18 – University Standard for Animal Procedural Space Exception
• Updated 11/5/18 – University Standard for Satellite Facilities
• Updated 11/5/18 – University Standard for Rodent Identification
• Updated 10/22/18 – University Standard for Administered Agents
• Updated 10/22/18 – University Standard for Monitoring Animals on Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMB)