{"id":10,"date":"2019-01-15T13:43:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T21:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:07:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Veterinarian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supporting WSU research and education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of the Campus Veterinarian supports humane and ethical care and treatment of animals involved in research and education at WSU. The campus veterinarian has the authority to oversee all aspects of animal health and welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column wsu-color-background--gray-10\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">24-Hour Emergency<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>All Campuses: 509-330-1871<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/reporting-animal-care-concerns\/\">Report Animal Care Concerns<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serving the research and teaching community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To advance scientific discovery and education, the Office provides a complete range of services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/veterinary-care\/\">Veterinary Care &amp; Consultation <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/veterinary-care\/preventive-health-care\/\">Preventative Health Care Standard Operating Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/animal-health-database\/\">Animal Health Database<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/veterinary-care\/animal-import-export\/\">Import\/Export Animal &amp; Animal Products<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/rodent-anesthesia-and-analgesia\/\">Rodent Anesthesia &amp; Analgesia Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/veterinary-care\/rodent-health-monitoring-program\/\">Rodent Health Monitoring Program<\/a>           <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/animal-housing-husbandry\/\">Animal Housing &amp; Husbandry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/research-support\/\">Research Support <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Veterinary and Technical Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supply Request<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anesthesia Vaporizer Rental (rodent only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/training\/\">Training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oversight and compliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WSU\u2019s animal care and use program is consistent with institutional, state, and federal <a href=\"https:\/\/iacuc.wsu.edu\/resources\/\">laws, regulations, and guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Accredited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaalac.org\/\">Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International<\/a> (AAALAC-International)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/home\/\">U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintains assurance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/olaw.nih.gov\/\">Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Office of the Campus Veterinarian and IACUC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of the Campus Veterinarian works closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/iacuc.wsu.edu\/\">Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)<\/a> and its administrative arm, the Animal Welfare Program. The collaborating units ensure that animals at WSU receive the best possible care by performing distinct, complementary functions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The Office of the Campus Veterinarian focuses on animal health and welfare.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The IACUC reviews, approves, and oversees animal care and use at WSU, including all research and teaching protocols involving live vertebrate animals and cephalopods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together these units ensure that University activities involving animals comply with federal and state regulations and University policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expert credentials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The attending veterinarian is board-certified in laboratory animal medicine. All veterinarians with the WSU Office of the Campus Veterinarian are licensed and accredited. They have considerable experience in animal health care and husbandry, as well as in use of animals in research and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University-wide oversight<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of the Campus Veterinarian oversees all research and teaching animals that are owned, housed, or used by the University statewide. <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/45-00-contents\/45-42-authority-attending-veterinarian\/\">See policy<\/a> defining the authority of the attending veterinarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2964,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/2964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/vet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}