Welcome to the University of Maine's On-line Training on the Responsible
Use and Care of Laboratory Animals. This training is in compliance with
federal regulations and the University's approved Animal Welfare Assurance.
Protocols for approval for the use of animals in research, teaching, or
testing, will not be approved until all personnel named in the protocol
have successfully completed this training.
Gayle Anderson, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 443 Corbett
Hall, 581-1498, is the contact person for the Institutional Animal Care
and Use Committee (IACUC).
We encourage you to bookmark this site for future use. The site contains
useful websites related to the use of animals.
The training is composed of seven sections listed on the next page. Completion of
each section is required for certification. The training will
take approximately 1 hr. There is a quiz at the end of the
training that must be completed and electronically submitted for certification.