Fish Related Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) Web Resources


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Protocol Forms

General Methods for Zebrafish Care
Zebrafish Standard Protocol Form
http://zfin.org/zf_info/zfbook/chapt1/1.9.html
            “The following PDF file (see note below) contains a template for animal use protocols
             involving zebrafish which has been approved by the veterinarian (OVSAC) and the animal
             use committee (IACUC) at the University of Oregon. It is provided to facilitate preparation
             of applications by users who must meet similar regulations. The text is also available on
             computer disk.”

Animal Use Application to the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)
University of Oregon
Zebrafish Form
http://zfin.org/zf_info/zfbook/chapt1/anim-zeb.pdf

Guidelines 

99-10: New IACUC Application and USDA Policy 12 Compliance Requirements
http://alpha.ddm.uci.edu/zotmail/archive/1999/19990709109.html
            The new IACUC application complies with USDA policy 12. ... 2) Are there any
            alternative animal models (eg, invertebrates, fish, protozoa, etc.)? ...

AFS Policy Statement #16.  American Fisheries Society (AFS), American Society of Ichthyologists  and Herpetologists (ASIH), and American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRE) (1987) Guidelines for the Use of Fishes in Field Research.  Approved Sept 1987, Winston-Salem, NC.  Published Mar-Apr 1988, Fisheries 13(2):16-23.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/AFS16.pdf

AFS Policy Statement #22.  Robinette, H Randall (Chair); Hynes, Julian; Parker, Nick C; Putz, Robert; Stevens, Robert E; and Stickney, Robert R (1990) ABBREVIATED, AFS Policy Statement #22: Commercial Aquaculture. Approved Aug 1990, Pittsburgh, PA. Published Jan-Feb 1991, Fisheries 15(2):12
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/AFS22.pdf

AFS Policy Statement #30.  Kapuscinski, AR and EM Hallerman (1990) Responsible use of Fish and Other Aquatic Organisms.  Fisheries 15(4):2-5
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/Fishwelfare/AFS30.pdf
            Catching and consuming fish are only parts of the value, especially in ... and federally
            mandated "institutional animal care and use committees" (IACUC), which are ...

CCAC Guidelines on: The Care and Use of Fish in Research, Teaching and Testing http://www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GDLINES/Guidelis.htm
            The second draft of the [guidelines] can be downloaded in MS Word format from this site.
            The final draft will be posted after all input from the second draft is taken into consideration. 

DeTolla LJ, Srinivas S, Whitaker BR, Andrews C, Hecker B, Kane AS, Reimschuessel R (1995)
Guidelines for the Care and Use of Fish in Research.  ILAR Journal 37(4)
http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/jour_online.asp?id=jour_online 

FSBI (2002) Fish Welfare. Briefing Paper 2, Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Granta Information Systems, 82A High Street, Sawston, Cambridge, CB2 4H, Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1223 830665.  Email: FSBI@grantais.demon.co.uk

IACUC Guideline X:  Aquatic Guidelines
Penn State
http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/areas/animals/policies/guide10.asp
            ... A density of more than 1.5 cm of fish per liter of water should not be ... Each tank
            must be identified with an identification number assigned by the IACUC ...

Schwedler TE, Johnson SK (2000) Responsible Care and Health Maintenance of Fish in Commercial Aquaculture.  Animal Welfare Information Center Bulletin, Winter1999/2000.  vol. 10, no. 3-4. 
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/newsletters/v10n3/10n3schw.htm

Thorsteinsson V (2002)  Tagging Methods for Stock Assessment and Research in Fisheries.  Report of Concerted Action FAIR CT.96.1394 (CATAG). Reykjavik. Marine Research Institute Technical Report (79), pp 179

Westerfield, M (2000)  The Zebrafish Book. A Guide for the Laboratory Use of Zebrafish Danio (Brachydanio) rerio. 4th ed., Univ. of Oregon Press, Eugene
http://zfin.org/zf_info/zfbook/zfbk.html

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General Topics

Rose JD (2002)  The Neurobehavioral Nature of Fishes and the Question of Awareness and Pain. Reviews in Fisheries Science. 10(1):1-38
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Zoology/faculty/Rose/pain.pdf

Are Plants Making Fish “Happy”?
http://zebra.biol.sc.edu/methods/plants.html

A dialog regarding the use of natural plants and an excellent response by Monte Westerfield (author of  The Zebrafish Book: A Guide for the Laboratory Use of Zebrafish Danio (Brachydanio) rerio) regarding the potential introduction of pathogens into the system. 

... 25 Mar 1998 12:28 -0400 (EDT) From: hawk0001@mc.duke.edu Subject: Re: (Fwd) Are plants
making fish happy ... I would suggest you get help from your IACUC chairperson ...

AWIC Bulletin:  Wildlife Research and the IACUC
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/newsletters/v10n1/10n1will.htm
            For fish, our IACUC has determined this same stage of development to be the "buttoned-
            up" stage, or when the embryo has fully absorbed the yolk sac and must ...

IACUC Links
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
http://www.uaf.edu/iacuc/web_links.htm
              ... National Wildlife Health Center, USGS. United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
             USF&WS. National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS. Other resources and IACUC sites. ...

IACUC.org
http://www.iacuc.org/ 

IACUC Zoonoses
Species Specific Fact Sheets
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.upenn.edu/regulatoryaffairs//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29
            click on Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians for a comprehensive table of zoonoses
            ... Zoonoses (diseases which can be transmitted from animals to humans under natural
            conditions) by animal species: birds, dogs, cats, ferrets, fish, reptiles, and ...

Information Regarding the Use of Zebrafish at MBL
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
http://www.mbl.edu/research/services/iacuc/iacuc_zebrafish.html
            ... Investigators bringing fish from an outside facility to the MBL must choose a
            method of care for the fish when making an application for IACUC approval. ...

Information Resources for Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees, 1985-1999, Revised
September 2000.  AWIC Resource Series No. 7
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/IACUC/iacuc.htm 

Professional Guidelines
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/IACUC/profguid.htm
            ... NAL call number: QL55 A1I43 ... Descriptors: principal investigator, animal care
            personnel, IACUC members, overview of current uses of fish in research and
            commerce ...

National Resource for Zebrafish
Comparative Medicine Resources Directory
National Center for Research Resources, NIH
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/ncrrprog/cmpdir/FISH.asp#zebra

Northern Arizona University IACUC Self-Instruction Module for Certification in the
Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
http://www.for.nau.edu/courses/pb1/FOR690/downloads/IACUC_Training_Module.pdf
            ... c. State Game and Fish agencies require permits to trap or hold most wildlife species
            ... Check with the IACUC chair if you have any question regarding permits. ...

Veterinarians in Research Labs Address Conflicting Agendas
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1997/may/finn_p1_970526.html
            ... I hope they were humane when they killed the fish."... of the Washington, DC-based
            Humane Society of the United States, for example, think IACUC veterinarians are ...

Zebrafish at UCL
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/zebrafish-group/ 

CCAC Guidelines on: Choosing an Appropriate Endpoint in Experiments Using Animals for
Research, Teaching and Testing
Acute Toxicity Testing in Fish
http://www.ccac.ca/en/CCAC_Programs/Guidelines_Policies/GDLINES/ENDPTS/APP9TO10.HTM
             ... justified for reasons of scientific necessity and approved by the institutional
            animal care and use committee (IACUC). ... Acute toxicity studies in fish ... 

Euthanasia Guidelines
University of Minnesota
http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/euthanasia.html

Euthanasia Protocol
SOP-160  Euthanasia
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/spar/orc/iacuc/SOP-160.pdf
            ... procedure with explicit IACUC approval. Cooling and/or freezing, liquid nitrogen.
            Total immersion of prenatal rats and mice or larval forms of fish in liquid ... 

Guidelines for Euthanasia
University of California, Riverside
http://www.ora.ucr.edu/vet/Primer/Biomethodology/Euthanasia.htm

IACUC Guideline XI
Electrofishing Guidelines
Penn State
http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/areas/animals/policies/guide11.asp  

Policy for Euthanasia of Research Animals
UCI Animal Subjects
http://www.research.uci.edu/ora/acup/euthanasia.htm
            ... Fish, barbiturates inhalant anesthetics, CO₂, Tricaine methane sulfonate (TMS, MS222)
            ... 2. All euthanasia methods must be described in an approved IACUC protocol. ...

UW Policy for the Euthanasia of Fish Species - 2002
http://depts.washington.edu/iacuc/policies/fish_euthanasia.html
            ... UW Policy for the Euthanasia of Fish Species - 2002. Approved July 18, 2002. ... A.
            Primary euthanasia methods for fish (methods that can be used alone) include: ...

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Regulations, Guidelines, and Miscellaneous Recommendations
University of Idaho
http://www.uro.uidaho.edu/committees/acuc/resources/regulations.htm
             resource contains numerous links of interest!
            ... Fish & Wildlife, ... IACUCs, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook.
            Wildlife Research and the IACUC - Animal Welfare Information Center ...

Regulations and Governing Bodies
Office of the University Veterinarian
University of Kentucky Research
http://www.research.uky.edu/ori/univet/
            Federal Agencies, Laws, Regulations and Policies
             The Freedom of Information Act
             Independent National Regulatory Bodies and Professional Groups