Certification and training for animal users  

All new animal users, not just the principal investigator, must:

• fill out this occupational health questionnaire
• read the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) instructions to register with the CITI program
• after registering, take the CITI working with animals course  (Investigators, Staff and Students: Basic Course and all other relevant courses)

Animal users who are renewing their certification must complete: Investigators, Staff and Students Basic Course and Working with Animals in Biomedical Research: Refresher Course.

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The Biological Sciences Annex (BSA) offers training for personnel having completed the IACUC Certification Test and Health Questionnaire. For personnel who need access to the BSA, occupational health, security, and general facility/IACUC policy training is required. All other training courses are project specific and are offered as needed like:

• occupational health
• security training
• I - General facility/IACUC policy
• Ia - Mouse
• Ib - Rat
• Ic - Frog
• IIa - Injections
• IIb - Blood collection techniques
• IIc - Ear or Web marking techniques
• IId - Oral gavage (Koken rat)
• IIIa - Anesthesia administration
• IIIb - Guidelines on Euthanasia
• IIIc - Oral gavage (gastric intubation)