Animal Care Training

Welcome to Animal Care Training at Boston University.  Boston University has a mandatory training program, based on federal regulations, which requires training for all animal users to ensure that they are qualified to work with and handle animals.  All animal users are required to complete this training prior to working with animals, and the IACUC will not approve animal use applications until the training has been completed.  The Boston University Medical Campus(BUMC) and the Charles River Campus (CRC) training programs are slightly different, so please complete the requirements for the campus on which you will be conducting animal research.

Animal training is divided into four unique sections for ease of use:

1. IACUC Training: The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Program seeks to ensure the qualifications of all individuals who handle live animals to enable them to carry out their responsibilities for the humane care and use of laboratory animals in accordance with the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act and the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care & Use of Animals. The ultimate responsibility for overseeing training rests with the IACUC, which must consider the qualifications of personnel involved in conducting research as part of its protocol review and approval process.
2. Laboratory Animal Science Center (LASC-BUMC): We offer technical training on necropsy procedure, injection site and aseptic surgical techniques by our Staff Veterinarian and Trainer for the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC).
3. Laboratory Animal Care Facility (LACF-CRC): We offer technical training on necropsy procedure, injection site and aseptic surgical techniques by our Staff Veterinarian and Trainer for the Charles River Campus (CRC).
4. AALAS Learning Library: The Laboratory Animal Science Center (LASC) and Laboratory Animal Care Facility (LACF) at Boston University also provides BU personnel working with animals with the AALAS Learning Library on Species-Specific information and resources relating to their duties of animal care and use.