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Policies

Federal

  • Animal Welfare Act
  • Health Research Extension Act
  • Memorandum of Understanding [APIS/USDA, FDA/DHHS, NIH/DHHS]
  • Good Laboratory Practice Standards 
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Handbook 
  • Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 
  • Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
  • PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 
  • USDA APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual

Guidelines Adopted by the UM IACUC

  • Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching (ABS)
  • Guidelines on Euthanasia (AVMA)
  • Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (APA)
  • Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Field Research (AFS)
  • Guidelines for the Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research (HACC)
  • Guidelines for the Use of Wild Birds in Research (OC)
  • Guidelines for the Use of Zebrafish (NIH)
  • Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild
    mammals in research
  • Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals

Policies of the UM IACUC

  • IACUC Policies in the UM Policy Directory

Procedures (Flow Charts)

AttachmentSize
New protocol or non-personnel amendment submission process68.35 KB
Designated Member Review (DMR) process for new protocol or significant amendment59.4 KB
Full Committee Review (FCR) for new protocol or significant amendment84.72 KB
Personnel change amendment submission process195.42 KB
SOP Submission and pre-review process62.78 KB
SOP Full Committee Review (FCR) process70.75 KB

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