Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Texas Southern University's Institutional Animal Care and Use Program's assigned Assurance Number is A3897-01.  The IACUC oversees the use of laboratory animals for research or instructional purposes and it evaluates all aspects of the institution's animal care and use program. Each institution that receives Public Health Service (PHS) support for activities involving vertebrate animals is subject to the authority of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and must operate an animal care and use program with clear lines of authority and responsibility. The program includes:

 

Procedures and Guidelines

• IACUC Meeting Dates 
• IACUC Review of Research

• IACUC Responsibilities

• Investigator Responsibilities

• IACUC Membership

• Initial Review

• IACUC Meeting Minutes

• Protocol Modifications

• Protocol Annual Review

• Protocol Noncompliance

• Animal Study Closure

• IACUC General Operating Procedure Manual

  Protocol Submissions

• Animal Care Application -Topaz Enterprise

• Animals - Creating Protocol Requests

• URCCGraduate School Approval Form 

 Helpful Links

• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) 

• OLAW Training Materials

• ARENA IACUC Guidebook

• The AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia

• USDA-APHIS Animal Welfare Regulations

• USDA Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)

• Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)

• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)

• Institute for Laboratory Animal Research  (ILAR)

• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

• Guide for the Care and Use of Lab Animals  

• Lab Animal Journal