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OAV Guidance and Support Documents

  • Contracted Clinical Veterinary Services (pdf, 3pgs)
  • Veterinary Medical Records (pdf, 3pgs)
  • Diagnostic Necropsy Guidelines (pdf, 4pgs)
  • Large Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia (pdf, 12pgs)
  • UK Research Guide for DEA Controlled Substances (pdf, 47pgs)
  • Congruency Requirements for Vertebrate Activities Funded by PHS or NSF (pdf, 2pgs)
  • Guidelines for Euthanasia (pdf, 4pgs)
  • Guidelines for Meeting Policy 102 Surgery Requirements (pdf, 7pgs)
  • IACUC 110 Housing Density Reference Tables (pdf, 9pgs)
  • IACUC 101 Additional Definitions (pdf, 2pgs)
  • IACUC 100 Guidance on Protocol Submission Deadlines (pdf, 1pg)

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Announcements

  • Cayuse Animal Oversight Is Now Live
    Office of the Attending Veterinarian 
    The transition of the IACUC application from eSirius3G™ to Cayuse Animal Oversight (AO) is complete. The OAV-IACUC and DLAR staff will continue to develop the website and provide easily accessible system training and FAQs. We appreciate your patience as we go live.
  • IACUC Inspections to Resume
    Office of the Attending Veterinarian , Vice President For Research

    As per guidance from the National Institutes of Health Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH OLAW), the University of Kentucky is expected to conduct previously postponed site inspections as soon as the IACUC can safely do so.

  • New NIH/OLAW Expectation for Tracking Numbers of Animals Used in Research
    Office of the Attending Veterinarian 
    As part of responsible care and use of animals in research, the National Institutes of Health/Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH/OLAW) has stated an expectation that the number of animals used in support of research be tracked, including those produced in excess of the number or type needed.
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