Animal Care and Use

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The use of animals for instructional, demonstration or research purposes comes under the federal guidelines of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. All animal use in such projects must receive prior approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Questions may be directed to Dr. Phillip Gunter, Associate Professor - Agriculture & Food Science, tel. (270) 745-3151.

Applications must be emailed to ori@wku.edu

Western Kentucky University has an Assurance of Compliance with Public Health Service Policy of Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

Western Kentucky University, hereinafter referred to as institution, hereby gives assurance that it will comply with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, hereinafter referred to as PHS Policy.

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