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

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 - Guidelines on Survival Surgery of Rodents
• 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 And Preserved 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 available to PIs who are developing or conducting protocols that involve any of the specified procedures. To obtain any of the below-listed SOPs, send your request to ORP-IACUC@rtto.psu.edu. Please be sure to provide your name, PSU access id (abc123), e-mail address, and which SOP(s) you need.

Agricultural Animals

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

Laboratory Animals

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