About
IACUC
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
The Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) ensures institutional compliance with federal regulations that govern animal care and use for all research, teaching, and training projects.
Acronyms
- AAALAC – Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, Intl.
- APHIS – Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
- AR – Annual Renewal
- AWA – Animal Welfare Act
- CBU – Comparative Biology Unit (HNRCA)
- DLAM – Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine (Boston, Medford) (switched to Tufts CMS)
- IACUC – Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
- IO – Institutional Official
- LAMS – Laboratory Animal Medicine Services (Grafton)
- MACU – Mandatory Animal Care and Use training
- NIH – National Institutes of Health
- OHS – Occupational Health and Safety assessment
- OLAW – Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
- PHS – Public Health Service
- RSS – Rodent Survival Surgery training
- Tufts CMS – Tufts Comparative Medicine Services (DLAM)
- USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
- VAS – Vertebrate Animal Section