Policy & Guidelines

Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes

AEEC Operating Procedures

Alternatives to the Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes

Alternatives to the Use of S8 Drugs in Animal Studies and their Possible Replacement

ANU Animal Care Emergency Procedures

Humane Euthanasia of Animals in Research

Monoclonal Antibody Production

Polyclonal Antibody Production

Repeated Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes

Procedures for Safety in Animal Houses

Victorian Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Laboratory Mice, Rats, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits

Standard Operating Procedures

Mouse Clinical Monitoring Score Sheets

Intravenous (IV) Injection

Blood collection from the retro-orbital sinus

Euthanasia of Rodents

Autopsy of Mice

Tail Biopsy

AEEC Forms

Application for a new strain or hybrid or a genetically modified animal

Study Completion/Discontinuation Report

Useful Guides

The Use of Laboratory Animals at ANU

APF Training Course for People working with Animals

Environmental Enrichment in Rodents

ARIES Animal Ethics

Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns

Animal welfare concerns may arise from

• departures from the humane and ethical treatment of animals in animal holding rooms;
• production rooms or the laboratory

and may constitute a breach of the Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes.

Please report animal welfare concerns to the Executive Officer, Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee.

Dr Simon Bain
Executive Officer, Animal Experimentation Ethics Committe
E: Simon Bain
T: +61 2 6125 0422

Please be assured that concerns will be treated confidentially and sympathetically.  Any such concerns will be discussed at a full meeting of the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee.  The latter includes animal welfare and community representatives.