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As you are aware, Federal regulations require the ARC to review all animal activities conducted at UCLA. Over the past few years, the ARC has significantly reduced the turnaround time for approval of protocols, while maintaining the same high level of review. However, with UC mandated furloughs and an ever increasing workload, the ARC faces challenges to maintain the same … Read More

Federal regulations allow for two types of review of animal use protocols: Full Committee Review (FCR) and Designated Member Review (DMR). Full Committee Review (FCR): As its name suggests, the FCR involves review of an application at a convened meeting with a quorum (majority of voting members) present. The Committee has the authority to approve, require modifications to secure approval, … Read More

On February 25, 2008, the ARC approved a revised Policy on Care of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) Mice. All investigators who employ EAE models in their research are strongly encouraged to review this updated policy with their staff. Please contact the OPRS/ARC Staff with any questions.

DLAM is in the early stages of setting up a secure, centralized website for the exchange of animals from protocols of UCLA investigators with excess animals to protocols of investigators in need of animals (either for experimental procedures, or for euthanasia and tissue collection). Until the online system is up and running, you may complete a 10-question document and send … Read More

University policy requires that all personnel who will handle animals or animal tissues, or who will have access to any vivarium facilities, submit a Medical History Questionnaire (MHQ) to the Occupational Health Facility on an annual basis. This form can now be completed and submitted online at UCLA MHQ (Online Medical History Questionnaire). The new online MHQ will make completing … Read More

The ARC’s Research Application Tracking System (RATS) is now compatible with the preferred Mac browser, Safari. Please note that Netscape and Firefox browsers are not supported for Mac users at this time.

A series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) is now posted on the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) website. The information in the FAQs is updated and supersedes guidance previously published as articles in journals and magazines such as Contemporary Topics and Lab Animals. However, in many instances the previously published material provides additional information or elaboration, and is … Read More

The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) has created a brochure intended to communicate to investigators their responsibilities under Public Health Service (PHS) Grants Policy and PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals provides a succinct resource for investigators to quickly grasp the main expectations and … Read More

The American Physiological Society (APS) announces the publication of a Resource Book for the Design of Animal Exercise Protocols. This book was developed by experts in the fields of exercise physiology and animal research models. It is intended for researchers, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs), and those involved with research oversight. The authoring committee, which was comprised of … Read More

In order to facilitate timely review of all animal applications, please note the following: SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW All applications require a Pre-Committee Review, except the following: Amendment applications to change PI, Co-Investigator, Personnel, Title, Funding, and/or Locations only All applications with experiments done entirely at another institution All Tissue Sharing applications that do not require live animals If … Read More