Guidance & Resources

The Animal Use Protocol (AUP) is required by Federal Animal Welfare Regulations and the PHS Policy. The Clemson University AUP has been designed to provide all information required by the Animal Welfare Act, the PHS Policy and the ILAR Guide (e.g., the AUP must contain complete and accurate descriptions of the animal species and numbers that will be used, all animal procedures and activities that will be conducted and an accurate description of the training and qualification of all persons involved with proposed activities). The information requested in the “Clemson University Protocol for Use of Live Vertebrates” is based on:

• Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching
• The Animal Welfare Act

Clemson assures all animal activities are conducted in accord with the PHS Policy on the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and in accord with the CU PHS Assurance Number A3737-01 (Assurance was renewed on May 31, 2006 for four years. Assurance will expire on May 31, 2010).

Exceptions to the recommendations in the ILAR Guide, the Agricultural Guide, and the 2007 AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia, require written scientific justification and must be approved by the IACUC.