The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) publishes and updates policies on procedures used with research animals at the University of Washington. You may view them here or download a word file. The complete set of policies in one word document is available on this page or you may download any policy from its individual page.

Analgesia

Analgesia in Research Animals

Anesthesia

Ether Use

Anesthesia Certification Requirements in USDA Regulated Animals

Antibody Production

Monoclonal Antibody Production
Polyclonal Antibody Production

Antibotic Use

UW Policy for the Use of Antibiotics in Laboratory Animals
Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics Post Irradiation in Mice
Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Survival Surgery

Blood Withdrawal

Blood Withdrawal
Blood Sampling in Mice and Rats

Euthanasia

CO₂ Euthanasia in Non-Rodent Species
Euthanasia of Rodents
Ether Use
Thoracic Compression for Euthanasia of Small Birds
Water-Filled Pitfall Traps
UW Policy for the Euthanasia of Fish Species - 2008

Husbandry

Dietary and Water Restriction
Permissible Weight Loss
Number Of Mice Maintained In Breeding Cages
Radio or Audiovisual Use in Animal Rooms
Rodent Cage Sanitation Frequency

Miscellaneous

Significant Changes to Approved Protocols
Limitations On Tumor Size
Use of Expired Drugs And Biomaterials in Research Involving Animals
Protocol Requirement Policy

Surgery

Ether Use
Removal of Skin Sutures, Wound Clips, and Staples
Frog Oocyte Harvest - 2007
Guidelines for Rodent Survival Surgery
Guidelines for Non-human Primate Neuroscience Studies
Surgical Training Policy

Tissue Sampling

Tailing of Mice

Training and Certification

Species-specific Training Policy for Researchers Using Rats, Mice, Rabbits, and Pigs
Surgical Training Policy
Anesthesia Certification Requirements in USDA Regulated Animals

Traps

Water-Filled Pitfall Traps