SOPs
Jan 10, 2025
Entry and Exiting Animal Housing Areas
Procedures for entry and exiting animal housing areas, including changing the Vivarium Dedicated Uniform and showering.
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Guidelines
Jan 10, 2025
Guidelines on Use of Streptozotocin in Rodents
To provide guidance when using streptozotocin for induction of diabetes mellitus (DM) in rats and mice. To describe the appropriate post-injection monitoring of rodents.
Guidelines
Jan 10, 2025
Guidelines on Zebrafish Care and Veterinary Oversight
This document defines the minimum standards of care for zebrafish. It also outlines the veterinary oversight of aquatic species at the University of Michigan. Laboratories may exceed these minimum standards of care but cannot do less than what is...
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Guidelines
Aug 23, 2024
Guidelines on Anesthesia and Analgesia in Rabbits
This document has been designed by the ULAM veterinary staff as a guideline for sedation , anesthesia , and analgesia of laboratory rabbits. This is not intended to be an inclusive tutorial on all possible drug combinations that can be used in...
Guidelines
Oct 6, 2023
University of Michigan Euthanasia Guidelines
These guidelines are based on the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals (2020 Edition) . Abbreviation codes are as follows: A = Acceptable - those which consistently produce a humane death when used as the sole means of euthanasia AC =...
Templates
Jan 13, 2014
Assent Template
(Recommended for ages 10 to 14-years-old as well as 14 to 17-year-olds when the study involves drug or pregnancy testing and/or birth control.) Return to I nformed Consent Templates page.