Standard Operating Procedures for Vivaria
Guidelines for Laboratory Animals

Purpose

The purpose of standard operating procedures is to provide guidelines with respect to the housing and husbandry of laboratory animals used in research and teaching at James Madison University. The quality of housing and husbandry has a major impact on laboratory animal health and welfare. The caging or housing system is an important factor in the physical environment of laboratory animals and not only influences the well-being of the animals but also acts as an experimental variable.  Federal guidelines for use of vertebrate animals in research contain specific provisions for basic husbandry. The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals states: "A good management program provides the environment, housing, and care that permit animals to grow, mature, reproduce, and maintain good health; provides for their well-being; and minimizes variations that can affect research results."

The following Standard Operating Procedures were developed to meet the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

SOP No.	12-100	Room Logs and Cleaning
SOP No.	12-101	Personal Hygiene and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
SOP No.	12-102	Receiving Rodents into the Vivarium Animal Receipt
SOP No.	12-103	Rodent Sentential Program
SOP No.	12-104	Disease Prevention and Outbreak
SOP No.	12-105	Feed, Bedding, Storage and Handling
SOP No.	12-106	Euthanasia
SOP No.	12-107	Occupational Health
SOP No.	12-108	Trout Maintenance
SOP No.	12-109	Small Animal Husbandry
SOP No.	12-110	Use of Cage Washer and Bedding Dispenser
SOP No.	12-111	Rodent Bedding Disposal
SOP No.	12-112	Anesthesia & Analgesia for Rodents
SOP No.	12-113	Rodent Breeding and Enrichment
SOP No.	12-114	Daily Rounds and Treatment
SOP No.	12-115	Frog Husbandry
SOP No.	12-116	Transporting Animals throughout the Facility
SOP No.	12-117	Administration of Controlled Drugs
SOP No.	12-118	Rodent Surgery
SOP No.	12-119	Training of Personnel working with Animals
SOP No.	12-120	Salamander Husbandry

 

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