MEMO
Date: November 30, 2021
Subject: Termination of Dead Card Notifications
Dear IAS Animal Users:
Effective Wednesday, December 1,
2021, IAS Veterinary Medical (Vet Med)
staff will no longer send email
notifications for routine “dead cases”, ie. animals found
dead during daily rounds. The exception will be for
those with the “last in cage” status, that
is the last animal in the cage is found dead and the cage removed from the
room.
Please understand that we can no
longer undertake these courtesy email notifications due to severe staffing
restrictions.
IAS will continue to use the
trifold card system to identify dead cases, where you will have access to two
of the dead cards: one identifying the cage, and the other identifying the
carcass(es) stored in the cooler (should you
need to examine them or recover tissues). If
you have long term aging or time-to-death studies, you MUST check your cages with the frequency
described in your approved IACUC protocol. You may refer to the “Activity Log”
in the animal housing room as a cross-reference for the number of cases found
on a particular day.
We appreciate your understanding
of our current situation.
Sincerely,
IAS Vet Med