[NHCOLL-L:2966] IACUC protocols for museum-based collecting trips

[J. Tomasz Giermakowski]

Dear all,

I have been asked to write up a general "blanket-type" protocol of our 
field collecting intents for our Univerisity's IACUC (institutional animal 
care and use committee).

The argument is that when researchers work on projects that generate 
specimens, those arrive dead and/or preserved and are covered by the 
researcher's permits and protocols; however, when on museum-sponsored 
field trips our division staff collects and prepares specimens, the 
responsibility of having the protocol falls on our staff.

I am curious if anyone has submitted such a general protocol (which would 
cover a broad suite of taxa, collection methods, and preservation 
techniques) to their IACUC or whether most museum personnel just write 
IACUC protocols on a per project / expedition basis. If you did complete a 
general protocol, would you be willing to share it with us?

thanks in advance!

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J. Tom Giermakowski
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
Museum of Southwestern Biology		tel: 505.277.5130
MSC03 2020, Castetter Hall 		fax: 505.277.0304
University of New Mexico		email: tomas at unm.edu
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87131-0001, USA         http://www.msb.unm.edu/herpetology/
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