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ANIMAL CARE AND USE PROGRAM REVIEW FORM
SECTION 4.
VETERINARY / ANIMAL CARE PROGRAM
Name of the institution:
THE VETERINARIAN
The availability of professional assistance from a veterinarian with interest in and experience with animals used for
research, teaching, testing or production purposes is of prime importance in achieving and maintaining optimal
conditions of animal care. Formal arrangements must be made to obtain the services of a veterinarian, at least on a
consultative basis, if they are not readily available within the institution.
400.
Does your institutional animal care and use program involve more than one veterinarian providing
clinical or administrative services, or ensuring compliance with institutional policies, CCAC policies
and guidelines and municipal, provincial and federal regulations (as opposed to veterinarians
involved in research / teaching activities)?
Yes
401.
No
For each veterinarian responsible for providing veterinary services (clinical, compliance and
administrative) at your institution, indicate their employment status (full-time, part-time,
consulting), name, qualifications (professional degrees, years of relevant training or experience in
laboratory animal medicine), position (university veterinarian, director, clinical veterinarian) and
duties. For all veterinarians, indicate the % of their time spent on each duty:
Employment status
Name,
qualifications,
and contact information
Position and duties
Time spent on
each duty (% or
number of
hours)
full-time
part-time
on a consulting basis
other (specify):
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402.
a)
If more than one veterinarian is involved, please provide, as appendix 4A, an organizational
chart, showing reporting lines, of the veterinary program (if not already done in section 1)
N/A
b)
403.
If only one veterinarian is involved, to whom does he/she report?
Is/Are the veterinarian(s) providing clinical services licensed to practice?
Yes
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "No":
404.
What measures are in place to ensure adequate veterinary care of the animals should the
veterinarian(s) not be available (e.g. formal arrangements with other experienced veterinarians)?
405.
Do(es) the consulting veterinarian(s) have a formal contract or job description in place, based on the
CALAM Standards of Veterinary Care (2007), to provide veterinary and other services?
Yes
406.
No
N/A
Comments or additional information:
THE VETERINARIAN
Please make sure that your answers refer to each veterinarian or category of veterinarian (e.g. position as outlined in
question 401: clinical veterinarian, director, university veterinarian)
Authority
The veterinarian must have the authority to ensure the provision of comprehensive veterinary care, oversee all
aspects of animal care within the institution, and work with the animal care committee to protect animal welfare.
Please refer to the 2006 CCAC policy statement on: terms of reference for animal care committees, the CCAC Guide
to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Volume 1, Chapter I, Section B2, and the CALAM Standards of
Veterinary Care (2007) for more information.
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407.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) have the explicit authority from the Animal Care Committee (ACC) and
the institution to ensure the provision of comprehensive veterinary care and oversee all aspects of
animal care and use, and is this authority documented in the Terms of Reference?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
408.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) have the authority to euthanize any animal found to be suffering
unnecessary pain and/or distress, or pain and/or distress that cannot be alleviated?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
409.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) have unlimited access to all animal housing and procedure areas within
the institution?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
410.
Describe how the veterinarian(s) work(s) with the ACC to ensure compliance with institutional and
CCAC policies and guidelines.
411.
Comments or additional information:
Duties, Services and Responsibilities
Veterinary resources within the institution or hired on a consultative basis must be sufficient to ensure that
appropriate veterinary care is provided to all animals, as defined in Chapter I, Section B2 of the CCAC Guide to the
Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Volume 1, and in the CALAM Standards of Veterinary Care (2007).
General Duties
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412.
What practices/procedures are in place to ensure that the veterinarian is aware of all animals kept
within the institution, whether for research, teaching, testing, production, breeding, or display
purposes?
413.
Are all protocols in the institution reviewed by at least one veterinarian when they are submitted for
interim or final approval to the animal care committee?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
414.
Comments or additional information:
Veterinary Services
415.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) respond promptly to requests for veterinary services?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
416.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) participate in the education and training of animal users and animal care
staff?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
417.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) actively provide guidance and advice on animal restraint and handling
procedures?
Yes
- Please give examples
Yes and No
- Please elaborate
No
- Please elaborate
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418.
419.
420.
421.
422.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) actively provide guidance and advice on technical and surgical
procedures?
Yes
- Please give examples
Yes and No
- Please elaborate
No
- Please elaborate
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) actively provide guidance and advice on anesthesia and analgesia regimes,
and on the use of antibiotics, tranquilizers and other therapeutic agents?
Yes
- Please give examples
Yes and No
- Please elaborate
No
- Please elaborate
Do(es) the veterinarian(s)actively provide guidance and advice on euthanasia practices?
Yes
- Please give examples
Yes and No
- Please elaborate
No
- Please elaborate
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) actively provide guidance and advice on replacement, reduction and
refinement practices and procedures?
Yes
- Please give examples
Yes and No
- Please elaborate
No
- Please elaborate
a)
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Is/Are the veterinarian(s) available to advise on animal model selection and development;
experimental methods and techniques, particularly for invasive procedures; and the
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development and application of appropriate endpoints? Please elaborate:
b)
423.
Do animal users take advantage of these services? Please elaborate and provide examples, if
possible:
Comments or additional information:
Responsibilities
Animal Health and Welfare
424.
Are all animals seen regularly by a veterinarian?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
425.
a)
How frequently does the veterinarian visit each animal facility?
b)
Are animal facility site visits by the consulting veterinarian scheduled on a regular basis and
followed by written reports to facility managers, the ACC and senior administrators?
Yes
Yes and No
No
N/A
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
426.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) ensure that there are health monitoring programs (including sentinel
animals if relevant) in place for each species?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
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427.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) oversee the development of all pre-operative surgical and post-surgical
procedures before they are used on animals?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
428.
For animal surgeries, do(es) the veterinarian(s) ensure that appropriate procedures are in place and
suitable facilities are available?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
Please list relevant SOPs:
429.
Does the veterinarian (and/or a senior member of the animal care staff) assist and monitor animal
users, particularly when they are conducting invasive procedures for the first time?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
430.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) ensure that proper precautions are followed for disease control and
exclusion of pathogens, particularly for animals that require the highest level of protection (e.g.
transgenic, immunodeficient, breeding colonies), and that measures are in place for containment of
infectious agents (e.g. isolation room, biohazard level 2 and 3)?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
431.
Comments or additional information:
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Animal Facilities
432.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) contribute to ensuring that appropriate facility management and
maintenance procedures are in place?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
433.
Is/Are the veterinarian(s) consulted with respect to ensuring that there are sufficient and
appropriate facilities for animal-based work, and with respect to planning any renovations or new
facilities? Please elaborate and provide examples:
434.
Comments or additional information:
Institutional Policies and SOPs
435.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) work with the animal care committee (ACC) to draft, review and approve,
and implement appropriate species-specific SOPs on animal care, housing and environmental
enrichment practices?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
Please list relevant SOPs:
436.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) work with the animal care committee to draft, review and approve, and
implement appropriate institutional policies on animal care and use?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
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437.
Do(es) the veterinarian(s) work with institutional health and safety officials to develop and
implement appropriate occupational health and safety SOPs for all those who handle or who may be
exposed to animals?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
Please list relevant SOPs:
438.
Comments or additional information:
ANIMAL CARE PROVIDERS
Animal care providers are in a prime position to ensure both high quality animal care and the success of an
experiment through their diligence and daily observation of their charges. Animal care should primarily be in the
hands of animal health professionals, with research team members focusing on their specific research work in most
cases.
439.
a)
Are only well-trained individuals, qualified in animal care, hired to care for the animals?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
b)
Of the total animal care staff (primary responsibility is to provide animal care/ husbandry)
please indicate the percentage of formally trained animal health professionals (e.g. AHT, RVT,
RLAT).
c)
Please indicate the percentage of animal care provided by research team members (as opposed
to provided by animal care staff), and the types of care that are provided by research team
members.
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440.
a)
Is the animal care staff unionized?
Yes
b)
No
Please quote the section(s) of human resources policies and/or collective agreements which
indicate that basic animal care must be provided at all times, including during labour disputes
(are animal care staff designated essential workers?)
N/A
441.
442.
a)
How is animal care provided during weekends and holidays?
b)
What skilled assistance is available in the event of an emergency?
Comments or additional information:
ANIMAL CARE PROGRAM
Qualified animal care staff are responsible for providing daily care for the animals. The animal care staff should
communicate directly with the attending veterinarian on a regular basis to ensure that concerns regarding animal
health, behaviour, and well-being are promptly and appropriately addressed.
Reception of Animals
443.
What measures are taken before animals arrive to ensure that the animal's health profile is known,
and that there are appropriate facilities available for the new arrivals?
444.
Who examines animals on arrival and assesses their health status?
445.
What quarantine and conditioning procedures are in place?
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446.
What preventative veterinary programs are in place (e.g. vaccinations, treatments for external and
internal parasites)?
447.
Comments or additional information:
Animal Husbandry
448.
What are the housing conditions for each species?
449.
If not housed in individually ventilated cages, are non-compatible animals (e.g. in terms of species,
source or health status) always kept in separate rooms or units?
Yes
Yes and No
NO
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "NO":
450.
Are SOPs in place for species-specific institutional environmental enrichment practices and are any
limitations on environmental enrichment from that normally offered to animals in the institution
justified to the ACC?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
451.
In the case of breeding colonies, herds or fish stocks, what measures/procedures are in place to
ensure that comprehensive records are kept and that the numbers of animals bred do not exceed the
numbers needed?
N/A
452.
Comments or additional information:
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Health Monitoring Program
453.
Are all animals checked daily by qualified animal care staff members?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
454.
455.
a)
What health monitoring program is in place within the facility (e.g. sentinel animals,
serological testing) and what is the frequency of testing? List relevant SOPs.
b)
Who is responsible for their application?
a)
Are complete and accurate health records maintained for all animals or groups of animals?
Yes
Yes and No
No
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
b)
456.
Who is responsible for this?
Are clinical assessments conducted either yearly or semi-annually for large animals (e.g. dogs, nonhuman primates, cattle, horses)?
Yes
Yes and No
No
N/A
Please elaborate if your answer is "Yes and No" or "No":
457.
Comments or additional information:
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Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Diseases
458.
What diagnostic services (e.g. clinical laboratory, necropsy, histopathology, radiology), whether
internal or external to the institution, are used?
459.
Comments or additional information:
APPENDICES
Please provide the following appendices and use the checklist to indicate that they have in fact been included.
If you are not including one or more of the requested appendices, please briefly explain why for each.
Appendix 4A:
An organizational chart of the veterinary program (if not already provided in section 1).
Appendix 4B:
List of main individuals assigned to animal care along with their qualifications and
training, and a brief description of their responsibilities.
Additional Appendices (specify):
Please explain if you are excluding any of the requested appendices:
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