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)