The resources included on this page are intended to help you plan your animal experiments and to understand the regulations binding the IACUC.
Literature Search for Alternatives to Painful/Distressful Animal Procedures
- Search for alternatives (HMA IACUC guideline)
- Meeting requirements for alternatives searches (OLAW webinar)
- TBASE: a computerized database for transgenic animals and targeted mutations
Monitoring for Humane Endpoints in Animal Research
- Monitoring and appropriate humane endpoints (e-IACUC instructions)
- Developing an appropriate strategy (OLAW webinar)
Justifying Animal Numbers
- How to calculate sample size (Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics)
- Sample size determination (ILAR Journal)
- Power and sample size
- Fermi approximation (Lab Animal)
- Right numbers for animal protocols (AALAS webinar - $)