Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidelines promote consistency within and across all UBC animal care facilities.
The use of animals at UBC is supervised by UBC Animal Care Committee (ACC). This body must approve and oversee any vertebrate research. The approval process may take more than a month to complete, so it is essential for you as a researcher to submit your protocol to the committee far in advance of your intended arrival at UBC. Visit the Animal Care and Use Program website to obtain application forms and basic information. The ACC requires that the principal investigator of any protocol conducted at UBC be a faculty member of the University of British Columbia. If you are a visiting scientist from an outside institution you may choose to collaborate with a UBC faculty member.
When completing an application for an animal care protocol, the details of these procedures may be omitted from the protocol form if it is indicated that the procedures follow those approved by the Committee and the SOP number is referenced.
Surgical and Facility-Specific SOPs are available on the ACUP SharePoint site.
If you have any inquiries, please contact suzanne.richardson@ubc.ca or fred.woo@ubc.ca.
Click a link below to download or view a PDF of the relevant document.
SOPs by Category
SOPs by ID
- ACC-2014-ADM-001 Writing and Revising SOPs
- SOP 001 Polyclonal Antibodies
- SOP 009E4 Euthanasia – Carbon Dioxide
- SOP ACC-01-2011 Euthanasia of Neonatal Rodents – Carbon Dioxide
- SOP ACC-01-2017 Rodent Anesthesia
- SOP ACC-02-2017 Rodent Survival Surgery
- SOP ACC-03-2012 Euthanasia of Adult Rodents using Inhalant Anesthetic, followed by Carbon Dioxide
- SOP ACC-04-2016 Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMBs) in all Species
- SOP ACC-05-2018 Maintenance of Fluid Homeostasis
- SOP ACC-06-2018 Supplementation of Potassium in IV Fluids in Large Animals
- TECH 03a - Intravenous Tail Vein Injections in the Adult Mouse (2021) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 03b - Intravenous Tail Vein Injections in the Adult Rat (2021) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 06a - Blood Collection from the Lateral or Medial Saphenous Veins in the Adult Mouse SOP / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 06b - Blood Collection from the Lateral or Medial Saphenous Veins in the Adult Rat SOP / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 07 Intracardiac Blood Collection in Mice and Rats SOP (available on the ACUP SharePoint site)
- TECH 09a - Oral Dosing (Gavage) in Adult Mice (2021) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 09b - Oral Dosing (Gavage) in Adult Rats (2021) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 10a - Intraperitoneal Injection in the Adult Mouse (2020) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 10b - Intraperitoneal Injection in the Adult Rat (2020) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 11a - Subcutaneous Injections in Adult Mice (2020) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 11b - Subcutaneous Injections in Adult Rats (2020) / Quick Reference Summary Sheet
- TECH 12 UBC ACC Tail Poke SOP - Mouse (2014)
- TECH 13 UBC ACC Tail Poke SOP - Rat (2014)
- TECH 14 UBC ACC Ovarectomy SOP (2016) - Mouse (available on the ACUP SharePoint site)
- TECH 15 UBC ACC Orchidectomy SOP (2016) - Mouse (available on the ACUP SharePoint site)
- TECH 16 Local Anesthesia/Analgesia in Adult Mice and Rats Bupivacaine SOP (2020)
- TECH 17 Analgesia for Adult Mice and Rats Buprenorphine SOP (2020)
- TECH 18 Analgesia for Adult Mice and Rats Ketoprofen SOP (2020)
- TECH 19 Analgesia for Adult Mice and Rats Meloxicam SOP (2020)
- TECH 20 UBC ACC Thoracotomy for Perfusion (2016) - Mouse (available on the ACUP SharePoint site)
- TECH 21 UBC ACC Thoracotomy for Perfusion (2016) - Rat (available on the ACUP SharePoint site)
- TECH 22 UBC ACC Intramuscular (IM) Injections - Rats and Mice - Rat (2015) (available on the ACUP SharePoint site)
- TECH 23 UBC ACC Tail Vein Blood Collection via Needle in the Mouse (2016) (available on the ACUP SharePoint site)