CCM – Forms and Documents

Link to IACUC Requirements and Procedures:

• Rodent Record Card – Required Documentation for Procedures using Mice (Mus) and Rats (Rattus)

When performing survival surgery in rodents, aseptic technique is required per IACUC policy.

• Rodent Survival Surgery Checklist
• Rodent Anesthesia Record

Video Demonstrations
The videos below are associated with the Rodent Survival Surgery Checklist. These videos can be accessed directly from the checklist by scanning the QR codes using your smart phone. For more information on how to view these videos on your smartphone, please click here.

1. Anesthesia Check
2. Animal and Surgeon Preparation
3. Post Operative Care
4. Prep and Work in Sterile Area
5. Surgery Room Area

• Individual Animal Medical Record 
• Animal Anesthesia Monitoring Form 
• Animal Anesthesia Monitoring Form- Rabbits
• Animal surgical report
• Animal Necropsy Form

MouseShare Resource
Have you ever gone through the hassle of importing a mouse strain only to find out later that your neighbor at MGH already had the same mouse? The MGH MouseShare Resource enables investigators to post and search for genetic mouse strains within the Partners research community to help avoid unnecessary importation of mice from outside sources.

• Link to it from the MGH Research Intranet under Animal Care or click: https://bioshare.mgh.harvard.edu (must be accessed behind Partners firewall).
• Email ECOR if you have any questions or need help entering strains into the system.

Workshop Recordings

MGH CCM Rodent Breeding Workshop 2022

• Rodent Breeding Workshop – Breeding Basics
• Rodent Breeding Workshop – MGH CCM and IACUC Standards
• Rodent Breeding Workshop – Rodent Breeding Colony Recordkeeping
• Rodent Breeding Workshop – MGB Colony Efficiency Initiative
• Rodent Breeding Workshop – Troubleshooting Common Problems

Other Resources

• CCM Rodent Colony Management Spreadsheet
• Components Required for a Colony Management System

• 2013 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia
• Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International
• ARENA-OLAW IACUC Guidebook
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
• MGH Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
• NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
• Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals
• USDA APHIS Animal Welfare

• Boston Shriners Hospital for Children
• Cancer Center
• Cardiovascular Research Center
• Center for Computational and Integrative Biology
• Center for Human Genetic Research
• Center for Molecular Imaging Research
• Center for Regenerative Medicine
• Cutaneous Biology Research Center
• Environmental Health & Safety
• Harvard Medical School Center for Animal Resources and Comparative Medicine
• Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
• MGH Pathology Service
• MIT Division of Comparative Medicine
• Molecular Biology
• Partners Research Management
• Research Space Management Group
• Steele Laboratory
• Transplantation Biology Research Center

• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
• American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
• American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners
• Animal Welfare Institute – Animals in Laboratories
• Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
• Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
• Laboratory Primate Newsletter
• Laboratory Animal Management Association
• National Association for Biomedical Research
• New England Branch American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (NEBAALAS)
• Zebrafish Husbandry Association