The Office of the Institutional Animal Care Program has moved to a NEW office located on the 2nd Floor of the Medical School in Room 255A.  Here is a link to a printable map to help you locate our office. From the second floor you just go down the long corridor past the large Neurosurgery emblem and at the end of the corridor take a right and follow the signs that say IACP. We hope to see you all soon!

NEW INVESTIGATORS: Please email kreider@uthscsa.edu for login information.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio recognizes that the use of labortatory animals in research, testing, and education is an important privilege accompanied with a great ethical responsibility to ensure the humane care and use of these valuable subjects. To ensure appropriate care and use, detailed programs of excellent veterinary and husbandry care, and programs for the peer-reviewed evaluation of all activities prior to the use of any animal in research, testing or teaching activity are in place.

These programs are designed in accordance with Federal law, Public Health Service Guidelines, institutional policies and peer reviewed accreditation guidelines in Animal Welfare Act (PL 89-544 and amendments); the Public Health Service Policy; the U.S. Government Principles Regarding the Care and Use of Animals, and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals used by the Association for the Assessment and Care of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC). The University has a Letter of Assurance on file with the Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), is registered as a research facility with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and is accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC).

The Health Science Center's program for the humane care and use of laboratory animals requires and receives careful and continuous coordination between the administration, faculty and staff to ensure compliance with Federal, institutional and accreditation regulations. The various components of this program operate under the Vice President for Research.

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