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Northern Arizona University
Purchasing Policy and Procedure

Live Animals

POLICY:

REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ACTIVITIES INVOLVING LIVE ANIMALS

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving all teaching and research activities involving the use of live animals.

PURCHASE OF LIVE ANIMALS

All requisitions for the purchase of live animals from an off-campus vendor must be approved in the Small Animal Care Facility (SACF). This is an approval in the Advantage system linked to the commodity code. Requisitions for live animals which have an incorrect commodity code will not be processed by Purchasing Services.

PROCEDURE:

Prepare a requisition (RX) following normal purchasing procedures. The RX must state:

1. approved animal protocol number



2. species



3. weight



4. sex



5. age



6. quantity



7. date required.

The SACF Office will approve or disapprove the requisition. If the requisition is approved the animals will be ordered.

Live mammals will be delivered to the SACF for quarantine. Quarantine regulations for animal species requested may be obtained from the SACF Office, (602) 523-1330.