Zoonoses

Animals can carry organisms that can be potentially harmful to humans. Use the recommended preventative handling measures for each type of animal to minimize your risk of injury. Contact BU ASC at buasc@bu.edu for training in handling of and working with research animals. If you are injured in the course of handling research animals or […]

Special Care Request

Instructions for special care is to be requested when activities within a cage are anything other than standard husbandry or care. These activities include but are not limited to: special food, special water, restricted feed, restricted water, fasting, special bedding, special enrichment, special cage changing, or requesting cage updates for example, deceased animal or new […]

Biological Research and Export Controls

NIH Policy on Enhancing Security Measures for Human Biospecimens (NOT-OD-25-160) NIH has issued a new policy, effective October 24, 2025, which prohibits distribution of human biospecimens of U.S. persons by any entity (e.g., biorepository, institution, investigator) to institutions or parties located in Countries of Concern, defined by the policy as China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Cuba […]

Cyanides SOP Template

All laboratories at BU that work with cyanides must complete the standard operating procedure template below and submit to the Chemical Safety Officer via oehs@bu.edu (please send to the attention of the Chemical Safety Officer in the body of the email). Labs are also encouraged to contact EHS (oehs@bu.edu) for further assistance adopting and working […]

Transportation of Non-Rodents

BU IACUC Approved April 2014 Transportation of research animals is often necessary to accomplish research goals. These include, but are not limited to: transportation to the Principal Investigator (PI) laboratory for survival studies transportation to the PI laboratory for terminal studies transportation to designated core equipment areas such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ultrasound (US) […]

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