IACUC Policies, Guidelines & SOPS | Research at Penn State

Penn State Policies

RP02 - Addressing Allegations of Research Misconduct

RP04 - Care and Use of Vertebrate Animals

RP13- Use of Controlled Substances in Research

IACUC Guidelines

IACUC Guideline 1 - Documentation of Consideration of Alternatives

IACUC Guideline 2 - Genotyping: Ear Punch,Tail Clipping, Ear Snip

IACUC Guideline 3 - Rules for the Care of Vertebrate Animals Containing Radioactive Material

IACUC Guideline 4 - Use of Rodents in Ascites Production of Antibody

IACUC Guideline 5 - Rodent Breeding Colony

IACUC Guideline 6 - Use of Freund's Adjuvant in Animals

IACUC Guideline 7 - Investigating Reported Animal Welfare Concerns

IACUC Guideline 8 - Rodent Surgery Guidelines

IACUC Guideline 9 - Guidelines for the Use of Cattle as Donors of Whole Blood

IACUC Guideline 10 - Aquatic Vertebrate Guidelines

IACUC Guideline 11 - Electrofishing Guidelines

IACUC Guideline 12 - Guidelines for Long-Term Care and Maintenance of Animals with Permanent Rumen Fistulas at Pennsylvania State University

IACUC Guideline 13 - Procurement of Live Laboratory Animals

IACUC Guideline 14 - Inactive

IACUC Guideline 15 - The Use of Cervical Dislocation as a Method of Euthanasia for Poultry

IACUC Guideline 16 - Inactive

IACUC Guideline 17 - Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns

IACUC Guideline 18 - The Use of Physical Restraint of Research Animals

IACUC Guideline 19 - Food or Fluid Restriction Guidelines for Traditional Laboratory Animal Species (Excluding Agricultural and Wildlife Species)

IACUC Guideline 20 - Animal Pain and Analgesia

IACUC Guideline 21 - Requirements for Collecting Species of Pennsylvania Fish, Amphibians or Reptiles

IACUC Guideline 22 - Use of MS-222 (Tricaine) in the Laboratory

IACUC Guideline 23 - Working with Wild Rodents in the Field: Minimizing Exposure to Hantavirus

IACUC Guideline 24 - Toe Clipping Wild Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles in the Field

IACUC Guideline 25 - Use of Non-Pharmaceutical

IACUC Guideline 26 - Reporting Requirements for Adverse Events and Non-Compliance Incidents

IACUC Guideline 27 - Humane Endpoints in Rodent Tumor Studies

IACUC Guideline 28 - Pilot Studies

IACUC Policies

IACUC Policy 1 - Personal Protective Clothing for Work with Agricultural & Wildlife Animals

IACUC Policy 2 - Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco Products in Animal Facilities

IACUC Policy 3 - Personal Protective Clothing for Work with Laboratory Animals

IACUC Policy 4 - Biological Materials Used in Rodents

IACUC Policy 5 - Holding Protocol and Procedures for Animals on Expired or Suspended Protocols

IACUC Policy 6 - Working with Wild Rodents at PSU

IACUC Policy 7 - Aquatic Embryo Use at PSU

IACUC Policy 8 - Use of Non-Pharmaceutical Substances

IACUC Policy 9 - Isoflurane Machine Certification

IACUC Policy 10 - Maintaining Mouse Breeding Colonies

IACUC Policy 11 - Reuse of Laboratory Research Animals

IACUC Policy 12 - Expired Medical Materials

IACUC Policy 13 - Veterninary Verification and Consultation

IACUC Policy 14 - Laboratory Animal Enrichment

IACUC Policy 15 - Poultry Layer Bird Housing

IACUC Policy 16 - Poultry Meat Bird Housing

IACUC Standard Operating Procedures

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@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

Laboratory Animals