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Policy & Guidelines

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

AEEC Operating Procedures AEEC Operating Procedures

Alternatives to the Use of Animal for Scientific Purposes Alternatives to the Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes

Alternatives to the use of S8 drugs in Animal Studies and their possible replacement Alternatives to the Use of S8 Drugs in Animal Studies and their Possible Replacement

Humane Euthanasia of Animals in Research ANU Animal Care Emergency Procedures

Humane Euthanasia of Animals in Research Environmental Enrichment and Animals Used for Scientific Purposes

Antibody Production (Monoclonal and Polyclonal) Monoclonal Antibody Production

Polyclonal Antibody Production Polyclonal Antibody Production

Polyclonal Antibody Production Repeated Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes

Polyclonal Antibody Production Procedure for Handling Serious Adverse Events - Animal

Polyclonal Antibody Production Serious Adverse Events - Animal Ethics

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

Study Completion/Discontinuation report Mouse Clinical Monitoring Score Sheets

 pdf Tail Biopsy of Mice

 pdf Intravenous (IV) Injection

 pdf Rodent Housing Parameters At ANU

 pdf Blood Collection from the Retro-orbital Sinus

 pdf Euthanasia of Rodents

 pdf Autopsy of Mice

 pdf Management of Severe Developmental Defects in Mice

 pdf Intraperitoneal Injection in Mice

 pdf Safe Rodent Transport on Campus

 pdf Wes Whitten Building - Rodent Entry and Exit Procedures

 pdf Wes Whitten Building SPF1 - Personnel Entry/Exit Procedures

 pdf Wes Whitten Building SPF2 - Personnel Entry/Exit Procedures

 

AEEC Forms

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

Study Completion/Discontinuation report Study Completion/Discontinuation Report

Study Completion/Discontinuation report Annual Review Report

 

Useful Guides

The Use of Laboratory Animals at the ANU The Use of Laboratory Animals at ANU

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@anu.edu.au
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.

 

 

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