{"id":39415,"date":"2025-07-01T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?post_type=forms-policies&#038;p=39415"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:49:05","slug":"thioglycollate-use-in-rodents","status":"publish","type":"forms-policies","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/forms-policies\/thioglycollate-use-in-rodents\/","title":{"rendered":"Thioglycollate Use in Rodents (IACUC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"policy\">Policy<\/h2>\n<p>Adherence to this policy is mandatory unless a specific exception has been approved by the IACUC.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of thioglycollate must be described in the IACUC protocol. Treated mice must be monitored daily for abnormal clinical signs, to include hunched posture, ruffled fur, lethargy, and decreased BCS. Humane endpoints warranting euthanasia must also be described in the protocol, such as abnormal clinical signs or a BCS of less than 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"guidelines\">Guidelines<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thioglycollate is used for induction of activated macrophages and granulocytes in mice. This compound can be used as a means to recover activated inflammatory leukocytes from mice or it can be used to compare rates of leukocyte accumulation in different strains of mice.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"recommendations-for-thioglycollate-administration\">Recommendations for thioglycollate administration:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intraperitoneal injection of a sterile thioglycollate medium (3% wt\/vol of an autoclaved stock prepared from dehydrated thioglycollate medium and sterile saline water) using a 27 Ga needle (or smaller).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dose volume for mice \u22652 months old is 2-3 ml, and 1-1.5 ml for mice that are &lt; 2 months old.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mice are euthanized for recovery of peritoneal inflammatory cells at various time points following injection. Leukocytes accumulate rapidly in normal mice in response to the injection and large numbers of cells can be recovered after 24-48 hours. Some strains may require up to 4 days to produce adequate numbers of cells. Recommended study length is 1-4 days post-injection, after which animals are euthanized.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"references\">References<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schneider, M. (2013). Collecting Resident or Thioglycollate-Elicited Peritoneal Macrophages. In: Allen, I. (eds) Mouse Models of Innate Immunity. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1031. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-1-62703-481-4_4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-1-62703-481-4_4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"history\">History<\/h2>\n<p>Effective Date: 07\/01\/2025<br \/>\nNext Review Date: 06\/30\/2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","form_policy_kind":[147],"classes":"post-39415 forms-policies type-forms-policies status-publish hentry fp-type-policy stage-conducting-research tags-animal-care tags-iacuc form_policy_kind-policy","modified_text":"February 18, 2026","file_type":"WEB","excerpt":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forms-policies\/39415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forms-policies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/forms-policies"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"form_policy_kind","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/form_policy_kind?post=39415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}