Animal Care and Use

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Winter Recess Reminder Even during the holidays, your research animals remain in your care! During the Winter Administrative Recess, it is crucial for laboratory staff to prioritize the well-being o…

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) AAALAC Full Accreditation The Office of Research is pleased to announce that AAALAC has continued its accreditation of UCI’s laboratory animal care and use program.  When AAALAC conducted…

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Thanksgiving Holiday Reminder Even during the holidays, your research animals remain in your care! During the Thanksgiving holiday break, it is crucial for laboratory staff to prioritize the well-be…

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) 2024 AAALAC Accreditation Site Visit July 30 – Aug 1 Next week, representatives from AAALAC International will be visiting our campus from July 30 to August 1, 2024, for the triennial site vis…

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) 2024 AAALAC Accreditation Site Visit July 30 – Aug 1 Representatives from AAALAC International will be visiting our campus from July 30 to August 1, 2024, for the triennial site visit required…

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Reminder Supplemental Heat in Anesthetized Animals In December 2023, the IACUC announced changes to supplementary heating device guidelines. The announced deadline for adopting currently approv…

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) IACUC Service Impact Dear Researchers,   UCI’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) services is experiencing unforeseen and unavoidable staff resource constraints, as well …

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Changes in IACUC Training Requirements Laboratory Procedure Personnel Training Records & ULAR Researcher Training Class As part of quality assurance for the animal research program, the followin…

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) Reminder Supplemental Heat in Anesthetized Animals Recently, the guidelines for providing supplemental heat in anesthetized animals to prevent hypothermia were updated: Human/home-use electric heati…