Appendix A - IACUC Protocol
IACUC #:
Three-Year Progress Report
For Office Use Only
University of California, Irvine
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Protocol #:
Lead Researcher:
This appendix must be completed and submitted with all three-year renewal submissions for ongoing
projects using live vertebrate animals. (See the Animal Care and Use website for more information.)
Provide the following information about the progress that was made during the last 3-year period of this study:
1. Indicate how many animals of each species were used in the last year (since your last annual continuation report):
To look up the number of animals used, please go to the Animal Numbers Web Reporting website.
USDA Pain
Categories
B
Animals held only for breeding and not used for any research purpose. This includes
founder/current breeder animals, replacement breeders, and animals produced but not
used.
C
Momentary or no pain, distress or discomfort (e.g., needle stick)
D
Procedures reasonably considered painful or likely to cause discomfort or distress, but
alleviated with analgesics, anesthesia or timely euthanasia.
E
Unrelieved pain, distress or discomfort
(To add more rows, place the cursor in the last cell on the lower right and press key “Tab”)
Species
USDA Pain Category
(B, C, D, or E)
# of Animals Used
2. Indicate the total number of animals of each species were used in the last 3-year approval period (since the last full
committee review of the project):
To look up the number of animals used, please go to the Animal Numbers Web Reporting website.
(To add more rows, place the cursor at the last cell on the lower right and press key “Tab”)
Species
USDA Pain Category
(B, C, D, or E)
# of Animals Used
3. Summarize the progress made on the project during the last 3-year approval period. In addition to the summary, you
may cite abstracts, presentations and/or publications wherever possible (copies of publications may be attached if you
wish).
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4. Discuss any unanticipated problems with animal health, behavior or well-being, including adverse events, and
describe the actions that were taken to prevent recurrence:
5. Provide scientific justification for continuing this project:
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