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Orientation to Research Using Animals

Summary

Please answer the following questions to prepare for the final evaluation.

  1. The fundamental law on use of animals in research is given in Public Law 99-158, the Health Research Extension Act, and promulgated through the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. True/False
  2. The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals is not a governmental publication, but represents the highest scientific authority on this subject. True/False
  3. The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides guidance for the principals stated in the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Policy is the final word on the subject, not The Guide . True/False
  4. The acceptable rationales and justifications for each kind of research using animals is given in either the Policy or the Guide . True/False
  5. The Guide refers to an "engineering approach" to animal use, but takes a "performance approach" to afford researchers great latitude in selections of methodologies. True/False
  6. Species selection is usually predicated on a relationship between desired species characteristics and numbers used. True/False
  7. The three "Rs" of humane animal use are "replacement," "reduction," and "refinement." True/False
  8. The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee has the responsibility of assuring that individuals engaging in research activities using animals are competent to do so via previous experience or on-the-job training. True/False
  9. Animal husbandry requires a knowledge of the social behaviors and needs of the animals under care. True/False
  10. Researchers should take into account the physio-chemical consequences of discomfort and pain as well as the animal's presumed perceptions. True/False
  11. Multiple surgeries on an animal are generally allowed to keep down the number of animals being used. True/False
  12. Timely intervention is predicated on daily observation. True/False
  13. The effect of a euthanitization procedure on humans observing it can generally be neglected in the procedure selection process. True/False
  14. The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee is interested only in the welfare of laboratory animals. True/False

If you answered "True" to questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12, and "False" to questions 4, 11, 13, and 14, you are ready for the final evaluation.

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