Policies & Guidelines

Below are individual documents outlining the University of South Alabama’s policies, procedures, and guidelines associated with the care and use of animals.

Policies

• Animal Welfare Policy Statement
• Adverse Events
• Agricultural Animals
• Bites and Scratches
• Care and Use of Animals
• CD Addenda
• Commercial Tissues
• Controlled and Uncontrolled Substances
• Dog and Cat Source
• Domestic and Foreign Subcontracts
• Domestic and Foreign Subcontract Process
• Drug Dilution and Anesthetic Mixtures
• Embryonated Eggs
• Field Study Guidelines
• Research With Free-Living Wild Animals in Their Natural Habitat and the Animal Welfare Act
• IACUC Review and Approval of Amendments
• Laboratory Animal Adoption
• Outside Sources for Animal Samples
• Policy on Non-pharmaceutical Drugs
• Protocol Follow-up Response Guidelines
• Rodent Survival Surgery

Practices

• Animal Biosafety (ABSL-2) Guidelines
• AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines
• IACUC Euthanasia of Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, and Swine
• Mouse and Rat Tail Biopsy
• NIH Blood Collection in Mice and Rats
• NIH Endpoints in Animal Study Proposals
• NIH Euthanasia of Rodents Using Carbon Dioxide
• NIH Neonate Euthanasia Guidance
• NIH Rodent Injection Guidance
• Rodent Tumor and Cancer Models Guidance

University Biological Resources

Biological Resources provides professional veterinary and technical support to researchers using animals in biomedical studies at the University of South Alabama. The College of Medicine’s animal care and use program is AAALAC International-accredited, ensuring compliance with institutional animal welfare policies and standards. Biological Resources works with research teams to offer consultation on protocol development, project planning, model creation, and rodent breeding colony management. It supports various imaging techniques, including Vevo and IVIS, and supplies equipment for rodent behavioral testing. Additional facilities include multiple rodent procedure rooms, an aseptic surgery suite, and specialized spaces for hypoxia and hyperoxia evaluations. Comprehensive diagnostic laboratory services are also available.

Breeding Software Program: Conditional Allele Mouse Planner (CAMP)

Conditional Allele Mouse Planner (CAMP) is a software program to help scientists set up a breeding strategy and calculate the costs of generating mice with conditional alleles. The software was created at the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and published in Transgenic Res. ( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21870117/ ) 2011 August 26 [Epub ahead of print]. To access the free application, go to https://hpcwebapps.cit.nih.gov/CAMP/.