Policies and Procedures

This section contains Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) policies and guidelines regarding the use of animals in research, testing, and teaching at The Ohio State University. To navigate, please choose a topic from the list below.

Animal Care and Use

• Animal Care and Use Program New 10/28/13
  

Protocol Review Process

• Agricultural Species, Use of  Revised 8/16/13
• Annual Reviews
• Changes to Approved Animal Use Protocols (Amendments)  Revised 9/20/13
• IACUC Required Clarifications, Modifications, and Revisions to Protocols
• IACUC Forms and Review Process
• IACUC Member Conflict of Interest
• Inter-Institutional Activities
• Investigating Concerns/Whistle Blowers
• Vertebrate Animal Field Studies
• IACUC Review of Protocols with Privately Owned Animals

Animal Use

Administrative Information

• Documenting Number of Animals Used for Research/Teaching
• Policies of Colleges, Offices, and other Entities
• Training Programs
• Transfer/Adoption of Research Animals
• Transfer of Animals to Holding Protocol  
  

Agent Administration

• Inhalation Anesthesia Machine  New 8/16/13
• OSU/COM Policy on Use of Controlled Drugs
• Use of Pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical grade compounds in animals [for USDA and non-USDA species] Revised 10/28/13

Euthanasia

• CO2 Euthanasia of Rodents including Guinea Pigs 
  
• Early Removal Criteria and Non-CO2 Euthanasia
• Euthanasia of Rodent Fetuses and Neonates 
  
• Guidance on Alternative Endpoints

Husbandry and Facilities

• Documentation of Husbandry Procedures 
  
• Evaluation of Environmental Chambers
• Housing and Veterinary Care of Aquatic Species
• Housing Requirements for Animals 
  
• Mouse Breeding Cages
• Movement of Animals Outside the Animal Housing Location New 10/28/13
• Reporting of Environmental Problems in Animal Housing Locations New 10/28/13
• Validate Sanitization Effectiveness Revised 10/28/13
  

Pain and Distress

• Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals
• Stress Models/Restraint Stress
• Tumor Production

Procedures

• Blood Collection
• Food and Fluid Restriction
• Genotyping Rodents
• Methods of Rodent Identification
• Monoclonal Antibody Production
• Polyclonal Antibody Production

Surgery

• Autoclave Verification and Validation for Survival Surgical Equipment  New 10/28/13
• Rodent Surgery Policy  
  
• Surgery Policy for USDA Covered Species (non-rodents)

Occupational Health and Safety

• Biological, Chemical and Radiological Safety
• Occupational Health Program