{"id":2647,"date":"2023-11-14T15:26:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/?page_id=2647"},"modified":"2024-02-20T10:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:15:34","slug":"animalresearch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/animalresearch\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Involving Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Does your research project involve animals?\u00a0 If so, there may be some additional steps you need to take before you get started.\u00a0 When vertebrate animal subjects are involved in a research study there is a set of regulations and guiding ethical principles that need to be observed.\u00a0 Before getting started here are a couple of important definitions that will guide the decision process. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">Research<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">Animal<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any live, vertebrate animal used or intended for use in research, research training, experimentation, or biological testing or for related purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the work you are planning with animals meets these two definitions, then you may be required to conduct your work in accordance with the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Human Care and use of Laboratory Animals.\u00a0 Such research must be approved by the Missouri Western Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.\u00a0 The process for submitting a research protocol to the IACUC described on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/iacuc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Animal Use in Research Webpage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-3{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">What are some examples of animal research that does not require IACUC approval?<\/h3><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies that involve unobtrusive observation of animals in their natural habitats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research, teaching and\/or testing using cadavers or tissues from dead animals UNLESS the cadavers or tissues are to be acquired from animals specifically purchased or euthanized for the activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activities ordered and\/or performed by the Attending Veterinarian or designee that involve only standard veterinary or emergency procedures necessary to ensure animal welfare.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activities involving retrieval or use of animal-related data from records.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research, teaching and\/or testing involving embryonated eggs PRIOR to hatching.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any activity involving lower-level invertebrate species (e.g. brine shrimp, fruit flies, nematodes, mosquitos, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Non-research, non-teaching, or non-testing activities involving privately owned animals, in which the activity is not an official MWSU activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Removal of vertebrate vermin.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px 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0px;\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"224\" title=\"Picture1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2023\/11\/Picture1-300x224.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2023\/11\/Picture1-200x149.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2023\/11\/Picture1-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2023\/11\/Picture1.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-4{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Research with Animal Subjects Resources<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olaw.nih.gov\/policies-laws\/phs-policy.htm#Definitions\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olaw.nih.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Guide-for-the-Care-and-Use-of-Laboratory-Animals.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olaw.nih.gov\/policies-laws\/gov-principles.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">US Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olaw.nih.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Guiding_Principles_2012.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:33.333333333333% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px 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