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The ARC recently updated the Policy, Review of Significant Changes to Previously Approved Protocols. Updates to the Policy include references to the Formulary for Laboratory Animals (3rd edition) and two ARC Policies, as well as inclusion of an additional change eligible for administrative review (i.e., housing and or use of animals in a location that is already part of the … Read More

The Research Safety & Animal Welfare Administration (RSAWA) is pleased to announce the Spring 2017 3Rs funding opportunity, provided by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Aim of Award: The aim of the program is to promote and support pilot studies designed to replace the use of animals in research, reduce the numbers of animals necessary, or refine … Read More

The ARC recently updated the Policy, Tracking and Reporting Animal Numbers. You may recall that this Policy was implemented in 2015, following our 2014 AAALAC site visit, in order to address concerns from the site visit team regarding the absence of a mechanism by which the ARC could ensure that investigators do not use animals in excess of the number … Read More

In 2009, the Office of Animal Research Oversight (OARO) was established following dissolution of the Office for Protection of Research Subjects. With the creation of OARO, the ARC administrative staff separated from our human subjects oversight colleagues to focus on service to the following audiences: the public, by upholding the highest legal and ethical standards of animal care; the University, … Read More

The ARC recently updated the following policies:  Euthanasia of Adult Rodents by Physical Methods Changes were made to bring the Policy in line with the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition and include eliminating the ARC requirement to provide scientific justification for performing physical methods of euthanasia on unanesthetized animals. As a reminder, personnel using physical methods … Read More

Due to activities related to ORA’s upcoming move from the Kinross Building to 10889 Wilshire Blvd, RATS will be unavailable from Friday, December 2, 2016 at 5:00PM to Monday, December 5, 2016 at 5:00AM. The last ARC meeting of 2016 will be held on December 12, 2016 and the deadline for that meeting is this Friday, December 2, 2016. If … Read More

The ARC recently updated the Policy, Responsibility for Monitoring Laboratory Animals (formerly: Responsibility of Principal Investigators for Monitoring Laboratory Animals). Previously, in addition to routine monitoring of animals carried out by DLAM staff in the vivaria, PIs (or their staff) were required to monitor animals daily once they entered into a study, regardless of the nature of the experiments. According … Read More

The Office of Animal Research Oversight is pleased to announce the Fall 2016 3Rs funding opportunity, provided by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Aim of Award: The aim of the program is to promote and support pilot studies designed to replace the use of animals in research, reduce the numbers of animals necessary, or refine methods to … Read More

The ARC recently updated the policy, Notification of Investigators with Sick or Injured Animals, to clarify requirements for PIs to report instances of sick or injured animals and responsibilities for carrying out treatments prescribed by the veterinarian. The updated policy is available at http://ora.research.ucla.edu/OARO/Pages/ARC-policies/veterinarian-notification.aspx. The ARC also recently reviewed, but did not substantively modify, the policy, Investigating Allegations of Mistreatment … Read More

What are lab animal allergies and occupational asthma? Laboratory Animal Allergies (LAA) and Occupational Asthma (OA) develop from exposure to animal allergens, and are among the most common, serious occupational diseases of workers exposed to animals in laboratories. Please review the Lab Animal Allergies & Occupational Asthma fact sheet  to learn how to prevent LAA and OA. The ARC encourages … Read More