Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
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IACUC Announcements
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Getting Started
New to Penn State or expanding your work to include the use of vertebrate animals or cephalopods in research, testing, or teaching?
- Take a training on how to submit to the IACUC
- Contact the IACUC staff for more information
More Information
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (the Guide)
- USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- Animals in NIH Research
- American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
- Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations
- Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)
- Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching
- Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
- Institute for Laboratory Animals Research (ILAR)
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
- Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
- The Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange (LAWTE)
University Park IACUC Information
- USDA Registration: 23-R-0021
- Animal Welfare Assurance (OLAW) #: D16-00086 (A3141-01)
- AAALAC Accreditation Status: Full accreditation, Unit #001010
- Institutional Official: The Institutional Official for the University is Debra Thurley, Associate Vice President for Research.
