IACUC Information:

• Cover - Regulations for the use of vertebrate animals at MBL
• Committee Roster - Names, functions, numbers, e-mails for members
• Purchasing Animals Procedures - self explanatory
• Helpful hints - hints on planning for using animals for courses
• Zebrafish - the policy regarding protocols for zebrafish use

Forms:

• Initial Application Form (Word format) - initial application for use
• Renewal Application Form (Word format) - application to renew a protocol
• Parasite Application Form - If vertebrate animals will be used with this parasite you must also submit an application for the use of vertebrate animals to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
• Weekly Animal Report (PDF format)
• Animal Order Forms (Word format) - required for all applications; initial or renewal
  Please use the appropriate form for the kind of animal you are ordering:
  Vertebrate Order Form | Aquatic Vertebrate Order Form | Mammal Order Form
  

Training:

• Training Module: General

Resources:

• Animal Care and Use Resources
  • Report on the ACLAM task force on rodent euthanasia
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Second Edition of Arena/OLAW Institutional Care and Use Committee Guidebook
• Memo on the Use of Fertile Bird Eggs, May 22, 2007 (PDF)
• Papers:
  • Robert W. Elwood, Mirjam Appel. 2008. Pain experience in hermit crabs? Animal Behaviour 77:1243-1246 (PDF)
  • Janicke Nordgreen et al. 2009. Thermonociception in fish: Effects of two different doses of morphine on thermal threshold and post-test behaviour in goldfish (Carassius auratus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, In Press. (PDF)

Please return all completed forms to:
IACUC Recording Secretary
Email: IACUC@mbl.edu


Contacts:

Amy Hancock, VMD MBL Veterinarian Voice: 508-289-7522 Email: ahancock@mbl.edu		Alan Kuzirian, PhD. IACUC Chairman Voice: (508) 289-7480 Email: akuzirian@mbl.edu		Daniel Johnson Animal Care Coordinator Voice: (508) 289-7288 Email: acf@mbl.edu