INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING THE BREEDING COLONY FORM Version 01/2003

All activities that use vertebrate animals at the University of South Carolina, including the establishment and/or maintenance of a breeding colony for research or teaching, must receive approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). To fulfill this requirement, the principal investigator must submit the proposed animal use activities for IACUC review and approval by using a Breeding Colony Form. The proposal, once approved, should be regarded as the investigator's contract with the University and the public to conduct the animal activities in conformance with applicable laws, regulations, and sound scientific practices.

This breeding proposal is for the establishment and/or maintenance of a breeding colony only. You will need to submit a separate Animal Use Proposal (AUP) to cover any other animal use, including generating a transgenic or knockout line. Once an AUP is approved, you will need to formally transfer animals from an IACUC-approved breeding proposal to the IACUC-approved AUP (use an Animal Transfer Form which may be obtained from the Animal Resource Facilities or ARF).

Read all the instructions before completing the form. If you have any question or if you would like to seek assistance prior to submission, please call or e-mail the IACUC at 777-8106 or [email protected].

To get started, download this Word-based form, and save it to your computer. This document is protected for form changes. No change in the form's standard elements or layout can be made. Responses can only be typed in the form fields that are provided. Download the form each time you need to use it since corrections or changes may have been made since the last time you used it.

IMPORTANT:

1. If funding agency is the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a complete copy of the approved grant application should accompany the AUP. 2. Proposals are reviewed in the regular IACUC monthly meeting. These meetings are normally scheduled on the first Thursday of each month. All proposals must be received at least ten (10) days before the scheduled monthly meeting. Proposals submitted after the deadline will ordinarily be held until the next regularly scheduled IACUC meeting. 3. Submit the signed original copy of AUP to: The IACUC, c/o Animal Resource Facilities, Graduate Science Research Center, Suite 102. 4. All sections of the application must be completed within the form field provided. Do not leave any field empty. If a specific section does not apply to your project, please indicate that it is not applicable (NA). To select a box, position the cursor on the desired box, and click. To deselect, click again. Simply press the tab key to move from one form field to the next. Do not double space your text.