Animal Care and Use Procedures
Drexel University's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has established the following procedures based on federal regulations, AAALAC position statements, and industry standards. Animal researchers at Drexel University are expected to adhere to the procedures the IACUC has put in place. Deviations from these procedures, unless scientifically justified and approved by the IACUC, will result in non-compliance with the assurance statement in your IACUC protocol.
General Procedures
- ACU-001 IACUC Procedure Manual [PDF]
- ACU-002 Member Training and Continuing Education Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-003 IACUC Policy for Animal Number Requests [PDF]
- ACU-004 IACUC DMR Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-005 Wildlife and Field Studies Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-006 Assigning Pain Distress Categories_2024 [PDF]
- ACU-007 Investigating AWC and NC Activities [PDF]
- ACU-008 IACUC VVC Procedures [PDF]
Procedural and Animal Husbandry Procedures
- ACU-201 Food and Water Restriction in Research Rodents Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-202 IACUC Rodent Breeding Policy [PDF]
- ACU-203 Animal Enrichment [PDF]
- ACU-204 Transport of Animals [PDF]
- ACU-205 Sterilizing Surgical Material Procedures_2024 [PDF]
- ACU-206 Animal Blood Collection Sites [PDF]
- ACU-207 Animal Blood Volume Sampling Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-208 IACUC Dosing Volume [PDF]
- ACU-209 Animal Euthanasia Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-210 Genotyping Tissue Collection Procedures_2024 [PDF]
- ACU-211 Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Agents or Mixtures of Pharmaceuticals (Cocktails) Use Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-212 Non-Rodent Mammal Surgical and Post-Operative Care Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-213 Rodent Surgery and Postoperative Care [PDF]
- ACU-214 Expired Drugs and Medical Materials Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-215 Physical Restraint Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-216 IACUC Policy on the Use of Image or Sound Recordings in Animal Facilities, Research or Teaching Laboratories [PDF]
- ACU-217 Sanitizing Equipment for Use with Research Animals Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-218 Tumor-Bearing Animal Procedures [PDF]
- ACU-219 IACUC Veterinary Formulary [PDF]