Follow the New Euthanasia Guidelines
for Research Animals
For those of you using or planning to use
animals in PHS-supported research, you must fully implement the new downloadable AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013
Edition on or before
September 1, 2013.
NIH announced the new guidelines and
requirement in a March
1, 2013, Guide notice.
Replacing the former version from 2007, the 2013 update includes detailed
descriptions of methods, techniques, and agents to use for euthanasia.
Though September 1, 2013, is your deadline,
we encourage you to implement the new guidelines sooner if your institution is
ready. Your Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) should review
your methods as soon as possible to determine if they're consistent with the
new guidelines.
In addition, NIH would appreciate public
feedback on the updated Guidelines. To comment,
complete the Comment
Form on or before May 31,
2013.
