The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee is responsible for all of the following except
A) evaluating the rationale for a proposed study.
B) ensuring researchers have minimized animal stress and pain.
C) inspecting animal care facilities.
D) collecting blood and tissue samples from research animals.

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The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is responsible for evaluating the use of animals in research, ensuring that researchers have minimized animal stress and pain, and inspecting animal care facilities to ensure that animals are being cared for in a humane manner. However, the IACUC is not responsible for collecting blood and tissue samples from research animals; this is generally the responsibility of the research team.

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Is Responsible for All