Animal Subjects/IACUC

In order to remain in compliance with federal animal welfare regulations, UMass Animal Care follows the guidelines in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the USDA Animal Welfare Regulations. The current edition (8th ed.) of the Guide contains specific floor space recommendations for hamsters.

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The UMass Assurance with Public Health Service Policy requires compliance with federal animal welfare regulations and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.  The eighth edition of the Guide contains specific floor space recommendations for breeding mice.  The aim of this guidance is to meet the intent of the Guide using performance based standards of animal care and use while keeping in mind the special needs of investigators maintaining transgenic mouse breeding colonies.

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Standards to ensure the highest level of animal welfare and compliance for research animals in various environmental and research chambers. Chambers used to house animals require IACUC approval in the protocol.

Chambers must be monitored a minimum of once daily by research personnel and confirmed by ACS. Chamber logs need to be posted on each chamber and must be completed accurately and continuously indicating the census even if that is zero.

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This SOP is intended to provide information for researchers at UMass using rodent guillotines. Please use the Guillotine Log.

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