What is NOT a component of an animal care and use program described in the guide?
A. Genotyping procedures
B. Euthanasia
C. Personal qualifications
D. Animal environment and housing
Genotyping procedures
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What is NOT a component of an animal care and use program described in the guide?
A. Genotyping procedures
B. Euthanasia
C. Personal qualifications
D. Animal environment and housing
Genotyping procedures
What is NOT a requirement of the AWA/AWR a researcher must comply with, if they house covered species?
A. Provide dogs with exercise
B. Appoint an unaffiliated member to the IACUC
C. Meet or exceed sanitization standards for both cages and facility
D. Submit an annual report including the number of covered species used
B. Appoint an unaffiliated member to the IACUC
What types of euthanasia methods are listed in the AVMA guidelines for euthanasia of animals?
Acceptable, conditionally acceptable, and unacceptable methods
What is stated as a requirement for compliance with the US principles for the utilization and c are of vertebrate animals used in testing research and training?
Animals that suffer unrelieved pain and distress should be painlessly killed at the end of the procedure
Transportation, use and care of animals should be in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act
Procedures that cause more than momentary or slight pain must be performed with appropriate sedation, analgesia, and anesthesia
True of false: the PHS policy covers all live vertebrates used or intended for use in research, training, experimental purposes, and biological testing.
True
According to the animal welfare regulations, to which official does the IACUC report?
The institute official (IO) or the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Which document on animal research is reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use committee?
Animal use protocol
Which agency is responsible for enforcing the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy)?
Office of laboratory animal welfare
What federal agency is responsible for enforcing and administering the Animal Welfare Regulations?
Animal and plant health inspection service
Which of the following species is covered by the animal welfare act?
A. Zebra fish
B. Mice
C. Hamsters
D. Birds bred specifically for research
C. Hamsters
Why is the term for the field of study concerned with the philosophical issues rises by some medical procedures and treatments?
Bioethics
Which organization accredits laboratory animal facilities that demonstrate that they are meeting the standby outlines in the guide and all federal and local regulations?
AAALAC international
Using the minimum number of animals that will serve a useful purpose, yet yeild statistically sound data and produce scientific benefit demonstrates which principle?
reduction
What government agency is in charge of preparing standards and enforcing the Animal Welfare Act?
USDA
Why national nonprofit organization offers certification for Laboratory Animal Technicians?
AALAS
Identify the members of the research team
Principal investigator
Laboratory animal technicians
Laboratory animal veterinarians
Commercial animals supplier
What is the name of the committee made up of scientists and nonscientists that reviews animal use protocols, inspects they animal facility, and monitors experimental procedures in which animals are used?
IACUC
What is the name of the voluntary accreditation organization that inspects and accredits animal care programs?
AAALAC, international
What do the 3Rs stand for in regards to animal experimentation?
Replacement, refinement, reduction
Which organization published the 2000 panel on euthanasia, which is considered the standard to which all methods or euthanasia proposed in animal research protocols are judged?
AVMA
Which organization represents the interests of the public and the scientific community in areas of legislation and regulations on the use of laboratory animals?
NABR
Identify the 4 members that should make up the Institutional Animal Carr and Use committee.
Veterinarian with lab animal medicine experience
Scientist with animal use experience
Nonscientist
Outside member not affiliated with the institution
What document is used by AAALAC, international as the "gold standard" to evaluate an accredited laboratory animal care and use program?
The guide for the care and use of laboratory animals
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Primary source of the standards and guidelines for laboratory animal care and use in the United States
Animal use protocol
A document written by the Principal Investigator and approved by the IACUC, that describes and justifies the use of animals for a project
PHS Policy
Federal mandate that covers all live vertebrates used or intended for use in research, research training, experimentation, biological testing, or for related purposes
Good Laboratory Practices
Regulations developed by the food and drug administration (FDA) and the environment protection agency (epa) to validate and document the processes of safety testing
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Written instructions approved by management and used to perform a routine activity
According to the animal welfare act, list the three types of members who must sit on the institutional animal care and use
Chair
Vet
Non-affiliated member
List five components of an animal care and use program for which the guide describes the standard
Personal qualifications and training
Occupational health and safety
Veterinary care
Animal environment
Animal procurement and transportation
Surgical and postsurgical care
Alleviation of pain and distress
Euthanasia
Physical plant design and construction
Which animals used in laboratory animal research would be covered by the animal welfare act
Guinea pigs
rabbits
hamsters
ferrets
wild mice
horses
gerbils
goats
sheep
What are the requirements in the animals welfare act and the animals welfare regulations if covered species are used
Register with USDA
Appoint an IACUC
Provide training for all animal users
Maintain animals records
Provide adequate housing
Meet sanitization
Etc.
The appropriate use of analgesics in postsurgical animals would apply to which of the 3Rs principles ?
Refinement
List two alternatives to using animals models for research
Cell culture
Mathematical models
Beyond food, water, shelter, and healthcare requirements, to comply with the AWA, what must be provided to dogs in a laboratory animal research facility?
Exercise
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