Animal Use in Research
Stony Brook University operates under Assurance #A3011-01, approved by the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW).

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
The IACUC is devoted to assuring the finest care and most humane use of our experimental animals. The IACUC works closely with our faculty, students and staff to ensure that meaningful scientific research is conducted that:

  1. avoids or minimizes discomfort, distress, and pain in experimental animals consistent with sound scientific practices
  2. uses the minimum number of animals necessary to obtain valid results, and
  3. considers non-animal models wherever possible
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1:
Secure the appropriate application from the Forms section below. The three applications are:

Download the appropriate forms/appendices to your computer and save them before continuing to fill them in. Most of the MS Word documents are protected forms (checkboxes can be activated with a mouse click and text boxes will expand with user input). You will need a hard copy of the application for purposes of obtaining the Chair's approval.

Step 2:
Make sure Occupational Health Status is complete for ALL staff with animal contact. Approval cannot be granted until all individuals listed in Section D1 (Personnel) of the application/approval form have received clearance from Occupational Health. Any individual who is not registered in the Occupational Health System must get an invitation from their P.I. to register.

For questions regarding the Occupational Health System, please contact David Colnick, Department of Preventive Medicine, 4-2185 or at David.Colnick@Stonybrook.edu. The link for Occupational Health System is  https://www.prevmed.sunysb.edu/ndlar/  

Step 3:
If you are requesting to house animals in your lab for greater than 12 hours, complete and submit the following forms,

Step 4:
Applications are due on the 1st of the month.

  • Return the application as an email attachment to Mary O'Neill;
    AND
  • Send a hard copy of the application, with your signature and that of the Chair, by regular mail to
    Mary O'Neill
    Office of Research Compliance
    W5530 Melville Library
    Stony Brook, NY 11794-3368

Forms
The Application forms may be downloaded from the Forms section of the website. A mock application is also available for reference.

STANDARD PROCEDURES
The following appendices provide essential information with regard to the use of animals:

Appendix I - USDA Policy #11: Painful Procedures
Appendix II - USDA Policy #12: Written Narrative for Alternatives to Painful Procedures
Appendix III: Standard Procedures

The following procedures are listed in the Approval application under the section Experimental Procedures and Monitoring. If your research includes any of the following procedures, please review the information before you begin research activities.

In Vivo Micro MRI of Rats/Mice PDF
Calorimetry Measurements in Rats and Mice PDF
In Vivo Micro CT (uCT) of Rodents PDF
Monoclonal Antibody Production in Laboratory Animals PDF
Hybridoma Production PDF
In Vitro Ascites Production - an alternative to the use of animals PDF
Polyclonal Antibody Production in Lab Animals - Use of Freund's Adjuvant PDF
Production of Subcutaneous Tumors in Rodents PDF
Retro-orbital Bleeding of Rodents PDF
Collection of Oocytes from Frogs PDF
Production of Transgenic Animals PDF
Gonadectomy in Rats and Mice PDF
Telemetry Unit Implantation in Rodents PDF
Large Animal Telemetry PDF
Tail Biopsies PDF
Standard Ultrasound Imaging of Rats and Mice PDF
Implantation of Drug Delivery Systems in Rodents PDF
Guidelines for Working with Animals in Stony Brook University Laboratories PDF
Protocol for Vascular Perfusion Fixation (of rats and mice) PDF

MEETING SCHEDULES AND DEADLINES
The deadline for receipt of applications by ORC is the first of each month, for meetings that are generally held the third Tuesday of the month

DIVISION OF LABORATORY ANIMAL RESOURCES (DLAR)

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