Standard Operationg Procedures

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) have been written to provide training documents for ARC employees and to provide investigators with written descriptions of how animals are cared for in the ARC. SOPs can be found in the Animal Room Data Book in each animal room. All personnel should adhere to the provisions of the SOP for each animal species. A complete list of the SOP's follows. SOPs are living documents that change frequently. If you detect a discrepency between what we do and what these documents say, please let us know.

General Animal Care and Monitoring SOPs

Animal Receiving

Humidity Monitoring

Non-rodent SOPs

Large Animal Wet System

Large Animal Bedding System

Ferret

Individually Housed Cat

Group Housed Cats

Chicks

Frog

Rabbit

Rodents

Conventional Mice

Static Microisolator Mice

Ventilated Caging Mice

Wearn Transgenic Mouse Facility Mice

Rats

Guinea Pigs