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DESCRIPTION √ COMMENTS DOCS Obtained Score
Are facilities centrally managed? √
Are there SOPs for maintenance and √ SOP and recording system available and
management of animal facilities? tightly implemented.
Hospitals SOPs? Adequate of welfare?
Do all staff/students know it?
Appropriate hygiene practice and sterile √ Daily cleaning of the breeding room and
techniques/facilities available bedding change.
What are the records available? √ Breeding records, Booking records,
(including room/facilities booking Population records are available.
history?) are they systematically
managed?
Number of animals the facility is √ 40.000 mice capacity with current
capable of holding? Number of animals population of 20.000.
coming through per year?
Complains handling process? None
(complaints about vets, students,
animals, etc)
Response to previous assessment Not assessed yet.
finding? Any compliance issues? How
were they dealt with?
Information provided to vets/trainers on
what does/doesn`t need AEC/IACUC
approval accurate?
Check monitoring, emergency and out √
of hours procedures and responsibilities
2.4.Bedding and i. Bedding material provided and √ Medium size dried chopped wood
nesting and appropriate bedding. Dust free. Changed
furniture ii. Nesting material for breeding animals everyday.
iii. Materials-safe, absorbent, low allergic,
free from contaminants and vermin
iv. Animal bedding appropriately changed
so animals kept dry, comfortable, clean
v. Retreat areas for mothers and young, if
needed
2.5. Special i. Animals with special requirements √ Albino mice stain BALB-C, DDY,
requirements present, identified? A, and SLC.
ii. Note if albino, immunocompromised
(nude mice etc), post- surgery, disease, or
drug affected
iii. Provision of cage `enrichment` if barrier
requirements (eg. IVCs, social isolation)
iv. Biosecurity (zoonotic disease, NHP)
3.5. Emergency i. Able to detect smoke/fire, power √ SOP and recording system available
plans & Alarm interruption, or breakdown of essential and tightly implemented. Massive
systems systems (ventilation, temp control etc- culling plan for outbreak and total
especially IVCs, plants desinfection of room in case of
(chillers/broilers), electronic disease.
equipment)?
ii. Emergencies plan in place? (eg. Battery
backup or generators, emergency
contact to engineer etc)
iii. Alarm tested regularly, notifying
correct people
iv. Essential service backup tested
regurlarly (generator switchover, chiller
switchover)
v. Fuel present for generator, UPS
(uninterrupted power supply) for alarm
systems?
vi. Disease outbreak? (e.g. rabies) have
plans?
4.1. Behavioural i. Animal able to perform species specific √ Burrowing, socializing between
requirements activities including opportunity for individuals in the cage, natural
sufficient exercise (note approx. 10- breeding.
promote for phenotype reporting)
ii. Provision of nest boxes if intend to
breed breeding animals
iii. Monitoring for abnormal behaviour,
stereotypies & effects (during
experimental protocols)
Other?
4.2. Environmental i. Items or management to facilitate √ Simple thick sawdust bedding for
`enrichment`/co normal behaviours provides? burrowing.
mplexity ii. Above provision-save, practical and
actually fulfil animal needs?
5. Maintenance and i. Animals Room- clean, tidy, vermin √ Not fully vermin proof, especially in
Hygiene proof, in good repair to pacilatate dirty corridor. Wild rat occasionally
ffective cleaning wander around that area.
ii. Animal Bedding appropriately changed
so animals kept dry, comfortable, clean
Other-check livestock yards, races, crush etc
6. Handling and i. Training provision or access for animal √ Only basic handling (the unit only
Basic house personnel lecturers and breed laboratory animals, not using
Procedures investigators for component handling, them).
basic procedures and AEC approved
procedures as required. Training
register?
ii. Procedures appropriate for age and state
animals NB-note I retro-orbital
bleeding without GA, using animals for
Abs production, can promote
saphenous, facial bleeding, ear notch,
buccal cell genotyping, refinements
7. Health i. Appropriate animal health monitoring √ Daily check by employee (one
Monitoring program (nb also appropriate for annual employee only handles one breeding
interpretation of disease/death room). Decision making by the head
assessment). Use of sentinels should be of laboratory animal breeding.
covered by AEC/IACUC approval
ii. Appropriate animal health policy
iii. approved procedure for prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of disease and
for quarantine
iv. Appropriate health monitoring re
negative impact project activities
v. Appropriate biosecurity/biohazard
containment (nb also adiation, GM,
infectious disease etc)
8. Transportation i-v. Check SOP for domestic/internal and √ SOP and recording system available
external transportation plus check transport and tightly implemented.
container/vehicles where possible-nb
specially for local transport
if no SOP- any suitable guidelines followed?
Other-care transport of pregnant animals
(refer to Farm codes for guidance)
9. Euthanasia i. Are the general principles of the national √ CO2 chamber for euthanasia.
legislation (as minimum) and/or
internationally recognized standards (e.g.
from World Animal protection) adopted in
the euthanasia method/policy?
- Humane method-see nb
- Competent person
- Quiet, clean, isolated environment
and death confirmed
- Appropriate euthanasia or care for
dependent neonates
- Appropriate method for
developmental stage and
confirmation of death prior to
disposal
labeling
Special care need
Experimental vs stock animals
Responsible researcher/AEC/IACUC
approval number
Emergency contacts (per room or
project)
ANIMAL-BASED ASSESSMENT
Purpose: To assess the welfare of animals within a housing facility or while in use of a procedure/teaching
Method: animals are assessed directly during a visit/observation. Assessment of animals in housing facility should be done with assessment of
THE HOUSING AND MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT. Animals-based measurement should be consideration at all levels, and
resource-based assessment taken when animal-based measures are inadequate.
Experience/knowledge of specific-species requirement may be needed for thorough assessment
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