Published by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Chapter 15 of Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals (Second Edition) focuses on anesthesia and analgesia in swine. Chapter topics include: inhalational anesthesia, injectable...

Use this checklist as a self-evaluation tool to help ensure that your laboratory remains inspection ready and consistently operates in a safe and compliant manner. Checklist duties should be assigned to specific individuals in your unit for routine...

Published by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine , Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals (Second Edition) focuses on the special anesthetic, analgesic, and postoperative care requirements associated with experimental surgery...

Use this checklist as a self-evaluation tool to help your laboratory plan for an Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) inspection of your aquatics facilities. For best practices on basic laboratory animal safety and proper...

This interactive tool includes two unique scenarios, each with a series of commonly-asked questions about the proper administration and use of medical materials, agents, drugs, and/or substances in animal studies. For quick access, scenarios are...

The purpose of this document is to define minimum standards for personal protective equipment (PPE) when working with research animals at the University of Michigan for the purpose of preventing or controlling personnel exposure to zoonotic...

This information sheet provides a short summary of the mitigation measures employed by the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee ( IACUC ) when incidents of noncompliance have been confirmed. For more information, please review the complete...

Published by the National Research Council, Amphibians: Guidelines for the Breeding, Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (1974) includes a classification and description of amphibians commonly used for laboratory research, as well as...

Developed by the U-M Department of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), this standard operating procedure outlines the handling and use of anesthetic gases in animal research, including isoflurane, halothane, enflurane and ether. Review this...