Policies, Guidelines, and Form

POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

UTEP IACUC POLICIES

Exemptions to these policies must be approved by the IACUC before implementation.

- Policy 001: Placement of Feed on Cage Bottoms Updated:01-22-2024

- Policy 002: Rodent Identification and Genotyping - Updated 02-24-2025

- Policy 003: Humane Endpoints Updated:02-26-2024

- Policy 004: Rodent Survival Surgery Updated:02-24-2025

- Policy 005: Veterinary Care Updated:03-25-2024

- Policy 006: Under Construction

- Policy 007: Adjuvant Use in Laboratory Animals Updated:03-25-2024

- Policy 008: Euthanasia Procedures Updated:04-22-2024

- Policy 009: Drug Dilution and Expired Drugs Updated 2.28.25

- Policy 010: Acclimation Stabilization of Newly-Recieved Research Animals Updated:02-28-2025

- Policy 011: Protocol Submission and Review Process Updated:10-28-2024

- Policy 012: Scoring Endpoints in Tumor Studies in Rats and Mice Updated:04-24-2023

- Policy 013: Overcrowding Cages Updated:03-23-2020

- Policy 014: Animal Enrichment Updated:03-23-2020

- Policy 015: Use of Non-Pharmaceutical Grade Drugs Updated:01-27-2025

- Policy 016: Counting Fetal and Neonatal Rodents Updated:04-27-2020

- Policy 017: Rescinded 01-27-2025

- Policy 018: Photography, Videography, and Audiotaping of Animals, Animal Use, or Animal Facilities Updated:05-26-2020

- Policy 019: Conflicts of Interest IACUC Updated:05-26-2020

- Policy 020: Isoflurane Waste Anesthetic Gas Updated:05-26-2020

- Policy 021: Animals Remaining on an Expired Protocol Updated:01-27-2025

- Policy 022: Physical Restraint of Unanesthetized Research Animals Updated:06-22-2020

- Policy 023: Principal Investigators - Non-Animal and Naive User 05-23-2022

- Policy 024: Committee Member 10-28-2024

- Policy 025: Food-Water Restriction, Regulation, Diet Manipulation 12-16-2024

- Policy 026: Training Policy 12-16-2024

- Policy 027: Adverse Events 12-16-2024

- Policy 028: Non-Compliance 11-25-2024

- Policy 029: Record Keeping Policy 12-16-2024

- Policy 030: Multiple Survival Surgeries 12-16-2024

REGULATORY GUIDELINES

- Institutional Guidelines

- Guide for the Use of Laboratory Animals, ILAR

- PHS Policy on Human Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, NIH OLAW

- Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations (AWA/AWR), USDA

- AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia 2020 UPDATED

- IACUC Guidebook

- American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)

- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

- Animal Care Policy Manual, USDA

- CCAC Guidelines on The Care and Use of Fish in Research, Teaching and Testing

- Enrichment and Social Housing Resources

- Guidance on the housing and care of Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

- Guidance on the severity classification of scientific procedures involving fish

- Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the Use of Wild Mammals in Research

- Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research

- Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals

- Guidelines for Use of Fishes in Research

- Guidelines for use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field Research

- Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals

- Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, OLAW, NIH

- Public Law 103-43, Plan for Use of Animals in Research

- Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals

- U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training

IACUC Holding Form

IACUC HOLDING FORM

Animal Transport/transport forms

Animal Transfer Form

Animal Transport Form

Animal Transfer Flow Chart

Animal Transfer Flowchart

Animal Transfer Flowchart Cont.

Contact

Ana l. blanco

B.S. CPIA
IACUC Administrator
Email: alblanco@utep.edu
Phone (915) 747-6056
Kelly Hall, 425

claudia banuelos

B.S.
Compliance Specialist
Email: cbanuelos6@utep.edu
Phone (915) 747-7478
Kelly Hall, 423

Kelly Hall, 4th floor
2101 Sun Bowl Drive
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968

Main: 915-747-6056
Fax: 915-747-8310
iacuc@utep.edu