Yale University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Knowledge Source Identification
Knowledge source name	Yale University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Abbreviated name	IACUC
Owner/Developer	Yale University
Country	United States of America
Languages	English
URL	http://iacuc.yale.edu
Contact	iacuc.yale.edu/staff-directory
Contact email	IACUC@yale.edu
Description	Yale University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is responsible for reviewing all protocols involving live vertebrate animals, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, inspecting animal facilities and laboratories and overseeing training and educational programs. The overall role of the IACUC is to ensure the humane and sensitive care and use of research animals. The Yale IACUC is committed to ensuring that the approval of all animal research takes into consideration the possible replacement of animals, the refinement of studies to alleviate or minimize potential pain and maximize the comfort and welfare of the animals, and the possible reduction in the number of animals necessary to obtain valid scientific data.
Knowledge Source Category
Category	Experts
Sub categories	Scientific Committee
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing
Dissemination channel	Website, Audio / Video, Social media
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis)	Scientists, Researchers
Knowledge Characterization
3Rs relevance	Replacement, Reduction, Refinement
Purpose	Education and training, Documentation and information