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

To lean more about the governing regulations which USA is obligated to adhere, please see the Regulations and Assurance page.

Procedures And Guidelines

Policy
Care and Use of Animals
Animal Welfare Policy Statement
Outside Sources
Dog and Cat Source
Commercial Tissues
Outside Sources for Animal Samples
Controlled and Uncontrolled Substances
Policy on Non-pharmaceutical Drugs
Domestic and Foreign Subcontracts
Domestic &Foreign Subcontract Process
J-I-T IACUC Form
CD Addenda
Embryonated Eggs
Agricultural Animals

Practices
NIH Neonate Euthanasia Guidance
Mouse Tail Biopsy
CO₂ Euthanasia
AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines
Guidelines on Anesthesia and Analgesia
(from Univ. of South Florida) - does not replace veterinary consult

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. ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21870117 ) 2011 Aug 26 [Epub ahead of print]. To access the free application, go to http://helixweb.nih.gov/CAMP/.

Protections
Occupational Health Program Manual
OHP Enrollment Questionaire
Bites and Scratches

DCM
Animal Requisition Form
Animal Requisition Policy
Fee Schedule
LD50 Monitoring
Technical Request Form

Writing your Vertebrate Animal Section:
The NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) has produced a new podcast that discusses what must be included in an application if vertebrate animals are included in the research?

To hear the Writing Your Vertebrate Animal Section podcast, please click the following link: http://grants.nih.gov/podcasts/All_About_Grants/ and navigate to Prepare a Successful Grant Application: Writing Your Vertebrate Animal Section.

VAS Template
OLAW VAS Guidelines