Laboratory Animal Medicine / Laboratory Animals / Chapel Hill / Laboratory Animal Coordinators / Phillips Hall / DLAM facility / Laboratory Animal Welfare / /
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stainless steel lid / chemical fume hood / chemical hazards / fixative solutions / compressed gas tank / chemical agent / chemical anesthetic / volatile gas / chemical fixation / active gas scavenging device / minimal equipment / food / /
National Research Council / National Institute of Health / Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine / federal regulatory agency Office / INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE / Physics Department / American Veterinary Medical Association / Laboratory Animal Resources Commission on Life Sciences / office of Laboratory Animal Welfare / / /
INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE (IACUC) RAT AND MOUSE EUTHANASIA POLICY Performing euthanasia correctly is an ethical imperative. Proper euthanasia is quick, minimizes pain/distress and reliably causes death.