Animal Care and Use Policies

Animal Care and Facilities Committee

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

The policies below have been developed and approved by the ACFC to guide Rutgers investigators in the appropriate and humane care of animals used in research and teaching.  Policies have generally been developed because the procedures are in common use.  Compliance with the policies facilitates preparation and review of animal use protocols.  Following these policies, investigators can expect approval of   procedures without further questions from the protocol review committee.   Compliance with the policies does not relieve investigators of the need to describe their procedures on the protocol review form.  Procedures not consistent with approved policies may be allowed but must be thoroughly justified on scientific grounds.

Adoption Policy

Bleeding Techniques in Rabbits

Disposition of Farm Animals

Food and Water Restriction

Guidelines for Producing Monoclonal Antibodies in Mice

Hazardous Substances in Animals

Housing animals outside animal facilities

Ketamine is a controlled substance (advisory)

Pithing Frogs

Rodent Euthanasia Policy

Surgery Policies

Rodent Surgery Policy

Non-rodent Survival Surgery

Reporting concerns about animal care or abuse

Use of Transplantable tumors and cell lines

Video Taping Policy

Laboratory Animal Services has developed a Word97 (for Windows) version of the March 1998 Animal Use Protocol Review Form.   This version has hyperlinks to line-by-line instructions, context-sensitive links to relevant documents, and formats your input so that it stands out from the text of the form. 

Word97 version of March 1998 Animal Use Protocol Review Form (Internet Explorer users)
Word97 version of March 1998 Animal Use Protocol Review Form (Netscape users)
Line-by-line instructions for the Animal Use Protocol Review Form