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AUS RESEARCH FORM II FIELD STUDIES INVOLVING MANIPULATION OF ANIMAL SUBJECTS TITLE OF PROJECT: PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: _____ STUDY INVOLVES NO SIGNIFICANT PAIN OR DISTRESS TO ANIMALS. (Greater than that experienced through administration of an anesthetic, analgesic or tranquilizer by simple injection, or as experienced through mild electric shock. Significant distress would cause a change in normal food and water uptake, movement, or other obvious behavioral Characteristics.) _____ STUDY INVOLVES THE USE OF APPROPRIATE ANESTHESIA, ANALGESIC OR TRANQUILIZER TO AVOID PAIN OR DISTRESS. _____ STUDY INVOLVES PAIN OR DISTRESS WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION OF APPROPRIATE ANESTHETIC, ANALGESIC OR TRANQUILIZER. A. NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY Briefly describe the study in lay language, but it must include the following: 1) The scientific purpose of the project. 2) Describe the role of animals in the project. 3) Describe procedures which may cause pain and/or distress to the animals and justify. 4) Describe the types of animals in the study (SIZE, HABITAT, BEHAVIOR, ETC.) _____________ Revised 10/02 B. ANIMALS PROPOSED FOR THE STUDY 1) List the species and estimated number of animals to be used in the project. Be sure to include animals required to train personnel in your total. Give common and scientific names of the animals if applicable. SPECIES ESTIMATED NUMBER a) b) c) d) 2) JUSTIFICATION FOR NUMBER OF ANIMALS USED This is a very important part of the Animal Use Statement. One objective of protocol review is to optimize the number of animals used in research. The estimate of the total number of animals required for a project should be explained in sufficient detail that the IACUC can understand how the number was obtained. If based on statistical analysis, you should indicate which tests were employed, the power value assigned, the numbers of animals in the control and test groups, respectively, and the number of replications proposed. In population censuses, statistical analysis may not be appropriate. If animals are collected through trapping, you should identify and justify an upper number of animals of each type that will be collected. This can be based on your previous experience, review of the pertinent literature, etc. If animals are batch collected, as in seining or mist netting, an upper number of collection events (i.e., seining, netting the experimental sites) should be identified and justified. As above, personal experience, literature review, etc. can serve as a basis for these estimates. C. FIELD STUDY PROTOCOL 1) Are the animal subjects of this study captured in any way? _____ yes _____ no 2) If animals are captured, are they live trapped or killed? _____ _____ Live Trapped (live traps include mist nets, gill nets, pitfalls, etc.) Killed 3) Describe the trapping mechanism, including the mechanism by which kill traps cause death. 4) If the animals are live trapped: a) How often will the traps be checked? b) Are trapped animals protected from predation? _____ yes _____ no c) If they are not protected from predation, justify why not. d) Will food be provided while the animals are confined in the traps? _____ yes _____ no e) Will water be provided while the animals are confined in the traps? _____ yes _____ no f) If food and/or water are not provided, justify why not. g) Will shade be provided? _____ yes _____ no h) If shade is not provided, explain why not. 5) Will the captured animals be euthanized rather than released? _____ yes _____ no 6) If yes, describe the method. (NOTE: If the ability of animals to survive in the wild has been significantly compromised by physical damage through taking tissue samples or by extended holding in the laboratory environment, euthanasia may be a more humane treatment than to release into the wild.) 7) If released, will they be marked for future identification? _____ yes _____ no 8) If they are marked for future identification, describe the marking procedure. 9) Will tissues, blood samples, etc. be taken from the animals? _____ yes _____ no 10) If tissues, blood, etc. are collected, describe the procedure. 11) Will captured animals be transported alive to the laboratory for study? _____ yes _____ no (If yes, complete FORM III - Laboratory Study)