IACUC Policies, Guidelines & SOPS
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 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 20 - Animal Pain and Analgesia
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 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 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 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
- Agricultural Animal SOP 1 - Beak-Tip Trimming
- 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 - Cattle
- Agricultural Animal SOP 8 - Tail Docking - Young Lambs
- Agricultural Animal SOP 9 - Euthanasia - Swine
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Agricultural Animal SOP 10 - Urinary Catheter Placement - Adult Cattle
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Agricultural Animal SOP 11- Closed Castration of Beef Calves