The mission of the IACUC is to promote and to facilitate scientific research while complying with mandatory laws, regulations, and policies.  The IACUC strives to reduce the number of animals required, to perform research with techniques that limit pain or distress, and to seek alternative procedures that can supply the required results but do not utilize living animals. To that end, our goal is to promote and encourage an atmosphere of attention, concern and caring for the welfare and comfort of the animals that are under our charge.

• PHS Animal Welfare Assurance (D16-00009, A3021-01)
• Registered United States Department of Agriculture research facility (USDA No. 42-R-0004)
• Accredited by AAALACi (#000833, since November 1994; continued full accreditation March 1, 2021)

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The University of Iowa provides a centralized animal care program through the Office of Animal Resources which reports to the Vice President for Research. The program includes animal housing facilities in the Colleges of Medicine and Liberal Arts and Sciences. Additional sites affiliated with this program are the State Hygienic Laboratory in Ankeny, IA, the Iowa Raptor Project located near Lake Macbride, and the Lakeside Laboratory located near Lake Okoboji in Western Iowa.

The Office of Animal Resources (OAR) provides the expertise, care, and resources necessary for the maintenance of research animals. The OAR's mission is preservation of the University's animal research privilege and maintenance of a quality animal care and use program.

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