Types of live vertebrate animal activities that require IACUC review include:
- Activities including housing, breeding, or otherwise caring for animals retained for research or instructional purposes;
- Activities including trapping, handling, marking, tagging, etc. even when animals are released back into the wild;
- Activities conducted in collaboration with external sites or under approval by another IACUC which includes ÌÇÐÄTV¹ÙÍø employees or students;
- Activities that use bait to attract an animal for research purposes including direct observation and photography.
Tissue-only Submissions
Activities involving carcasses, tissues, cells or fluids when live animals were not manipulated expressly for the purpose of obtaining those materials, will likely qualify for an administrative review by the IACUC. These protocols typically include materials obtained from animals euthanized as part of another approved protocol, another research institution, commercial sources, salvaged animals (including wildlife with appropriate permits) from road kill, euthanized by private veterinarians, etc.
Activities that may not require IACUC oversight
- No IACUC oversight is required for the use of privately-owned pets as models in a live art class.
- No IACUC oversight to study of the interaction between people and registered therapy dogs (unless there is manipulation or samples taken from the animal);
- Studies that involve unobtrusive observation of animals in their natural habitats (unless there is a potential to cause harm or materially alter the behavior of the animals).
When in doubt, you can request an administrative review by the IACUC via Cayuse.
