Animal Care and Use Resources
Information for Investigators
- Alternatives: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement
- Animal Research at Texas A&M
- Animal Use Protocol
- Attending Veterinarian
- CITI Training (PDF)
- Controlled Substances Information
- FAQ
- Forms
- Generating Antibodies
- Genetically Modified Animals
- Graduate Student Animal Research
- Grant Proposals: Why IACUC Needs Them
- Investigation of Alleged Noncompliance and Animal Concerns
- Obtain an Animal Use Protocol
- Top 10 Things You Can Do to Speed Approval of Your AUP
- Use of rDNA, Pathogens, and/or Biological Toxins in Animals
- Use of Hazardous Materials in Animals
Texas A&M Animal Care and Use Information
- 15.99.07.M1 Use of Animals in Research, Teaching, and Testing (PDF)
- 15.99.03.M1.03 Guidelines for Gathering, Storage, and Retention of Data and Results (PDF)
Regulatory Documents
- The Animal Welfare Act (PDF)
- Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, Third Edition, January 2010
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, Eighth edition (2011) (PDF)
- Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
- PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 2002 (PDF)
Other Resources
- Transgenic Animals and the Use of Recombinant DNA in Animals • FAQs for Research Subject to the NIH Guidelines (PDF)
- AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals
- AWA Brochure (PDF)
- Humane Endpoints and Euthanasia: Animal Welfare Information Center
- Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals by the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research • National Academies Press
- Pain and Distress (USDA link)
- Search for Alternatives • USDA link • OLAW link
- Sources of Custom Antibody Production • Guidance by Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)