ASCI 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee, Exudate, Skid-Steer Loader
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1st federal = animal welfare act (1966) covers use of vertebrae animals for research and exhibits. But, exempts mice, rats, and animals in food production (so basically useless) Covers all vertebrae animals in husbandry, research, veterinary, etc. Association for the assessment and accreditation of laboratory animal care (aaalac) Uvm"s iacuc is required to have 3 usda or olaw members 12 iacuc members. Species and number of animals to be used. We are bound by moral obligations to minimize pain, distress, and discomfort. Pain has a protective function, but unmitigated pain must be avoided. D: more than momentary or slight pain/distress relieved by analgesia. E: more than momentary or slight pain/distress not relieved by analgesia. Substitute insentient materials or a lower species (replace animals with something else) Use minimal number of lives necessary to effectively answer research question. Stable environment: freedom from pain, injury, disease. Availability of emergency care: freedom to express normal behavior.
