Training
Maintaining a comprehensive training and education program is essential to UTSA’s ongoing commitment to sustained excellence and compassion in animal care and use. Accordingly, all personnel who work with animals in either research, testing, or teaching receive training in the proper care and use of research animals before beginning their work. To ensure that procedures are conducted by experienced and qualified personnel and that the highest animal welfare standards are maintained at all times, the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) requires that certain animal care and use training classes be completed based on the specific tasks listed in an animal use protocol.
The LARC provides the hands-on and instructor-led portions of the IACUC-required training for animal users. Please feel free to contact the LARC at larc@utsa.edu to see how we can assist you with your training and animal research needs. Contact the IACUC for a complete list of training requirements for your animal-related research.