The following is a list of all policies approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. It is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator to ensure that they and their staff are compliant with these policies. For more information, please contact the IACUC Administrator.
PLEASE NOTE: IACUC policies may be supplemented by Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) from the Center of Comparative Medicine. Please review these SOPs.
| Effective Dates | Policy |
| ETHICS / ANIMAL USE | |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Code of Ethics for the Care and Use of Animals |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Compliance with The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals |
| December 5, 2024 through December 31, 2027 | Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Reporting Morbidity and Mortality |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Death as an Endpoint |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Food Placement for Impaired Rodents |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Prolonged Physical Restraint |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025 | Photography of Research Animals |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Transgenic / Gene Targeted Animals |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Post-Approval Monitoring Program |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Animal Housing and Enrichment |
| PROTOCOL SUBMISSION PROCESS | |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | New Protocol Submissions |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Utilizing DMR for New Protocol and Modification Submissions |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Protocol Reviews |
| December 5, 2024 through December 31, 2027 | Approved Animal Care and Use Protocol Signatures |
| December 5, 2024 through December 31, 2027 | Modification Review and Approval |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Animal Transfers to Approved Protocols |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Animal Transfers to Holding Protocols |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Veterinary Consultation for Painful/Distressful (D/E) Procedures |
| June 6,2024 through June 30, 2027 | Collaborative Research and Animal Protocols |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Notification of Suspension of Protocols |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Expired Protocols |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Transgenic / Gene Targeted Animals |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Death as an Endpoint |
| TRAINING AND DOCUMENTATION | |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Animal Training and OHS Requirements |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Documentation of Post-procedure and Post-surgical Monitoring |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Training Requirements when Training Is Performed by Research Personnel |
| ANIMAL PROCEDURES | |
| February 23, 2023 through December 31, 2025 | Surgery |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Counting Animal Use |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025 | Photography of Research Animals |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Collecting Samples for Genomic Analysis |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Retro-orbital Bleeding |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Death as an Endpoint |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Animal Stabilization |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Cage Density and Weaning Activity for Mice |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Prolonged Physical Restraint |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | CO2 Euthanasia of Laboratory Rodents |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Rodent Toe Clipping |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Rodent Tumor Production |
| DRUG / EQUIPMENT USE IN ANIMALS | |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Use of Isoflurane |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Vaporizer Calibration and Maintenance |
| December 5, 2024 through December 31, 2027 | Use of Expired Drugs and Biomaterials |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Unexpected Unavailability of Commonly used Therapeutic Drugs/Materials |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2025 | Expiration Dates on Drug Mixtures Used in Animals |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Use of Complete Freund’s Adjuvant (CFA) |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Use of Tribromoethanol (Avertin) |
| TRANSPORTATION / HOUSING OF ANIMALS | |
| December 5, 2024 through December 31, 2027 | Cage Identification |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Animal Transfers to Approved Protocols |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Animal Transfers to Holding Protocols |
| December 7, 2023 through December 31, 2026 | Animal Housing and Enrichment |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Animal Holding in Investigator Laboratories |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Animal Transportation to and from PI Laboratories |
| June 2, 2022 through June 30, 2025 | Mouse/Rat Transportation to/from Institutions Outside UConn Health |
| IACUC MEMBER RELATED | |
| December 5, 2024 through December 31, 2027 | IACUC Membership |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Training New IACUC Members |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Protocol Reviews |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Assigning Reviewers to New Protocols |
| June 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 | Utilizing Designated Member Review After Full Committee Review |
| December 5, 2024 through December 31, 2027 | Modification Review and Approval |
| December 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025 | Semi-annual Program Review and Facility Inspections |
| June 6, 2024 through June 30, 2027 | Inter-agency IACUC Reviews |