Office of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
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 April 3, 2024)
Office of Animal Resources (OAR)
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.
Lab Start-up / Closeout
Identify what steps to take to start-up a vertebrate animal laboratory or to close out an existing laboratory
How to obtain IACUC approval for vertebrate animal use
Guidance to submit an animal use application (i.e. Animal Protocol)
Does the IACUC have a policy on...?
List of IACUC approved policies and guidelines found here
Adding personnel to an approved Animal Protocol
Here's what you need to know about amending personnel to an approved Animal Protocol (eg. required training)
Post-approval Monitoring by the IACUC
Learn what to expect following approval of your Animal Protocol (eg. inspections).
Emergency Contact Information
Please follow this link for any emergency animal health concerns.
Drug Orders
Please follow this link to make your drug orders.
Billing and Fees
Learn about OAR's Per Diem Rates
Animal Facility Access Training
Following this link will bring you to the request form for training in the OAR animal facilities.