ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE (Special Purpose)
The Animal Care and Use Committee should be composed of no less than five members and must include an attending Veterinarian, one practicing scientist experienced in research involving animals, one member whose primary concerns are in a non-scientific area, and one individual who is not affiliated with the institution or the immediate member of a family affiliated with the institution. One graduate student may also serve on the committee, but it is not a requirement. All committee appointments, except students, will be three year terms. The Research Compliance Officer should serve as ex-officio. The committee should be empowered to request outside consultants as the need arises. If a fee is involved in a consultant's appearance before the committee, the Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies should approve the payment of such fee. The committee reports to the Vice Provost for Research.

Charge
The Animal Care and Use Committee must be able to ascertain the acceptability of proposed research in terms of institutional commitment, regulations, applicable law and standard professional conduct and practice. The IACUC shall review any research proposal in which animal subjects are involved to determine the conformity with guidelines imposed upon the University by Federal and state regulations. The committee, or its designee, should inspect all animal facilities including animal study areas/satellite facilities and field study sites once every six months using USDA Regulations/Guides as the basis for inspections.

Members
1 Faculty-Each Undergrad. College:
5 Faculty Members
George Benz, Basic and Applied Sciences/Biology, 2009-2012, Chair
Max Ervin, Basic and Applied Sciences/Biology, 2007-2010
Angela Mertig, Liberal Arts/Soc/Anthropology, 2007-2010
Lara Daniel, Business/Accounting, 2007-2010
Vincent Cobb, Basic and Applied Sciences/Biology, 2009-2012
Nate Phillips,Basic and Applied Sciences/Agribusiness/Agriscience, 2009-2012

John Haffner, Veterinarian/Horse Science Center
Mitchell Mote, Community Representative
Myra Norman, Director of Sponsored Programs

Leigh Gostowski, Research Compliance Officer, Ex-Officio
Michael Allen, Vice Provost for Research

Bridget Lambert, Undergraduate Student, 2009-2010
Daniel Estabrooks, Graduate Student, 2009-2010

Meeting Minutes

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