University Of Michigan Policies

Protocol Review: Policies for determining scientific merit of protocols, post-approval monitoring, and for rectifying serious non-compliance issues.

Animal Use: Includes the UM animal use policy, position statement on animal research, the charge to the Committee, the policy for illness and humane endpoints, the policy for assigning humane use categories for animals that can escape a painful stimulus, and the policy for shipping neonatal guinea pigs.

Animal Use Personnel Training: The mandatory training policy for all personnel who use animals in research, teaching, and testing.

Animal Exercise & Enrichment: Policies for the exercise of dogs and the environmental enrichment of nonhuman primates.

Euthanasia: The policy for what methods of euthanasia are acceptable, conditionally acceptable, or unacceptable to use for various species.

Husbandry & Facilities: Includes policies relating to animal housing, husbandry, animal room monitoring, disaster planning, and daily healthchecks.

Federal Laws: Links to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Regulations, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), and the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC, Intl).