GENERAL INFORMATION
FOR ARC USERS
- Perdiem Rates & Service Charges
- Forms, Policies, & SOP's
- Reporting Concerns
- Regulating Agencies/
Organizations & Links
TRAINING
Forms
- Animal Adoption Agreement Form
- Animal Facility Tour Form/Policy
- Animal Order Form (for PI's)
- Animal Purchase Record Form
- Animal Transportation Checklist
Cage Card and Labels
- Animal Identification Card (blank cage card)
- Breeding Cage Card (Mice)
- Breeding Cage Card (Rats)
- Diet restriction card ("feed by PI only" please see ARC for yellow cage cards)
- Enrichment card (animal that do not receive enrichment)
- Food Bin Card (expiration date information)
- Surgery (clips or suture removal information)
Policies and Guidelines
- Amphibian and Reptile Euthanasia Guidelines
- Animal Facility Tour Policy
- ARC Enrichment Devices
- ARC Enrichment/Housing Policy
- Laboratory Animal Allergies Statement
- Recommended Space Requirements for Mice (Breeding)
- Recommended Space Requirements for Mice
- Recommended Space Requirements for Mice (Trio-breeding)
- Recommended Space Requirements for Rabbits
- Recommended Space Requirements for Rats (Breeding)
- Recommended Space Requirements for Rats
- Standard Euthanasia Guidelines
- Transportation of Fish
- Transportation of Laboratory Animals
- Transportation Check List (to be turned into the ARC office)
SOP's and Templates
The Animal Resource Center produces standard operating procedures (SOPs) to educate individuals on the proper and current techniques accepted. SOPs are key in ensuring good animal care and welfare. Below are several general SOPs that are available to you for use in the lab or on your protocols. The ARC and IACUC also have additional SOPs for your reference. Click here to go to the IACUC SOP site.
- SOP Template (for new SOP's)
- SOP for live animal shipment
- SOP for restrictive diet ("feed by PI only")
- SOP for computers (housed in animal/procedural spaces)
- SOP for humidifier use (in animal/procedural spaces)
- SOP for Iodine use
Mission Statement
