Policies, Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Penn State Policies
IACUC Policies
IACUC Guidelines
IACUC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

PSU Policies

• PSU Policy RA15 - CARE AND USE OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS
• PSU Policy SY23 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM FOR ANIMAL CARE PERSONNEL

IACUC Policies

• Policy I - Personal Protective Clothing for Work with Agricultural & Wildlife Animals
• Policy II - Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco Products in Animal Rooms
• Policy III - Personal Protective Clothing for Work with Laboratory Animals
• Policy IV - Biological Materials Used in Rodents: Screening Cell Lines, Hybridomas and Other Biologic Materials for Contamination with Murine Pathogens
• Policy VI - Working with Wild Rodents at PSU
• Policy VII - Fish Embryo Use at PSU

IACUC Guidelines

• Guideline I - Documentation of Consideration of Alternatives
• Guideline II - Genotyping: Tail Clipping, Ear Punch, Ear Snip
• Guideline III - Rules For The Care of Animals Containing Radioactive Material
• Guideline IV - Use of Rodents in Ascites Production of Antibody
• Guideline V - Rodent Breeding Colony
• Guideline VI - Use of Freund's Adjuvant in Animals
• Guideline VII - Procedures for Correcting Significant Violations of Animal Care and Use Polices
• Guideline VIII - Rodent Surgery Guidelines
• Guideline IX - Use of Cattle as Donors of Whole Blood
• Guideline X - Aquatic Guidelines
• Guideline XI - Electrofishing Guidelines
• Guideline XII - Guidelines for Long-Term Care and Maintenance of Animals with Permanent Rumen Fistulas at Pennsylvania State University
  • Fistulated Animal Assessment Sheet (RTF)
• Guideline XIII - Policy & Guidelines For Purchasing Live Laboratory Animals
• Guideline XIV - Plan for Exercise Opportunities for Dogs and for Environmental Enhancement to Promote Psychological Well-Being for Non-Human Primates
• Guideline XV - The Use Of Cervical Dislocation As A Method Of Euthanasia Of Poultry
• Guideline XVI - The Care and Use of Agricultural Animals Housed within Intensive Laboratory Environments (ILE)
• Guideline XVII - The Reporting of Non-compliance or Misuse of Animals
• Guideline XVIII - The Use of Physical Restraint of Research Animals
• Guideline XIX - Food or Fluid Restriction Guidelines for Traditional Laboratory Animal Species (Excluding Agriculture and Wildlife Species)
• Guideline XX - Rodent Pain and Analgesia
• Guideline XXI - Requirements for Collecting Species of Pennsylvania Fish, Amphibians or Reptiles

IACUC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Note: The following SOPs are intended for Principal Investigators who are developing or conducting protocols that involve any of the specified procedures. Specific names and locations have been redacted in the web versions of the SOPs. Versions without redactions can be requested from the Office for Research Protections after IACUC protocol approval. Send your request to ORP-IACUC@rtto.psu.edu. Please be sure to provide your name, PSU access id (abc123), e-mail address, approved IACUC protocol number and which SOP(s) you need.

Agricultural Animals

• Agricultural Animal SOP 1 - Beak Tip Amputation Procedures (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 2 - Castration (Closed) - Ram Lambs (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 3 - Castration (Open) - Beef Bull Calves (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 4 - Castration (Open) - Young Boars (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 5 - Dehorning - Weaned Dairy Calves (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 6 - Ear Notching, Tail and Needle Teeth Trimming (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 7 - Fistulation Procedure - Adult Cattle (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 8 - Tail Docking - Young Lambs (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 9 - Euthanasia - Swine (PDF)
• Agricultural Animal SOP 10 - Urinary Catheter Placement - Adult Cattle (PDF)

Laboratory Animals

• Laboratory Animal SOP 1 - Rodent Irradiation and Bone Marrow Transplant (PDF)
• Laboratory Animal SOP 2 - Suggested Procedures for Magnetic Imaging of Rodents and Rabbits (PDF)
• Laboratory Animal SOP 3 - IVIS Camera (PDF)