Washington State University
Institutional
Animal Care and Use Committee
Animal
Disposition
A.
Purpose: To clarify how animals may be disposed after completing
an approved protocol.
B.
Scope: These policies apply to animals involved in teaching, testing,
and research at Washington State University . Different natural
histories, physiologies, behaviors, and environmental requirements
together with different research protocols warrant that requirements
for disposition of animals should be suited to the particular species,
as has been recognized in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals (Guide) .
C.
Policies:
- All
animals.
The
Animal Subjects Approval Form (ASAF) must indicate the intended
final disposition for the animals involved.
- Farm and
domestic animals, rats, and mice.
Animals
remaining at the end of an approved ASAF may be removed in the
following ways:
a.
Euthanatized in accordance with current AVMA Panel on Euthanasia
guidelines.
b.
Transferred from one active protocol to another active ASAF
protocol. This requires a prior request to and approval by IACUC.
c.
Livestock Sales or Production Plant disposition in accordance
with USDA and FDA regulations.
d.
Returned to privately-owned or researcher-owned care, respectively,
if client or researcher originally donated these to the study.
e.
Transfer to suitable individual or institution. WSU owns animals
and none can be removed from WSU without first completing a
transfer/disposition document*. A copy of the completed
transfer/disposition document must be forwarded to the IACUC
office to ensure proper tracking. Animals are not to be transferred
out, then returned to a WSU research or training protocol.
1)
The College of Veterinary Medicine has an approved transfer
policy for all animals owned by the CVM.
2)
The Department of Animal Science has a previously IACUC-approved
transfer/disposition form for USDA-covered species owned by
that department.
3)
Animals transferred must be examined by a WSU veterinarian
and determined to be in good health prior to adoption.
4)
All dogs and cats must be spayed or neutered prior to transfer.
3.
All other animals (Nontraditional)
Non-farm
and non-domestic vertebrate animals include most birds and wildlife
mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and various groups of fishes.
Because
of the large number of nontraditional animals and their varied
physiologic requirements, the Guide encourages husbandry
appropriate for the particular species.
These
animals remaining at the end of an approved ASAF may be removed
in the following ways:
a.
By any of the methods mentioned above.
b.
Returned to the wild in accordance with state and federal wildlife
regulations and collecting permits.
c.
Euthanatized by approved methods, preserved, and donated to
research collections or Museums as part of permanent collections.
d.
Returned to an approved long-term colony.
e.
Returned to an approved commercial supplier of nontraditional
animals.
f.
Transfer to a suitable individual or institution.
4.
Alternative methods of final disposition
Exceptions
to these policies may be requested to and approved by the WSU-IACUC
prior to final disposition.
*Questions
on where to acquire animal adoption/disposition forms can be directed
to the IACUC office or to the Office of the Campus Veterinarian.
Approved
by the WSU-IACUC on: July 11, 2001 |
