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PIL - ✔-Procedures Individual Licence
• a licence granted by the Secretary of State qualifying the holder to apply specified regulated
procedures to specified animals at specified places
• must receive training before they can obtain a licence
Module training course - ✔-• Candidates successfully completing this course will gain a Home Office
Module Training Certificate (not a Home Office Licence!)
• Certificate holders can obtain a licence to work under supervision and with project licence
authorisation
• Further training required to gain competence in specific techniques:
- observation
- simulations
- cadavers
- work under direct supervision with
assistance
• Need to maintain records of training and competencies
What animals are protected? - ✔-Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (as amended 2012)
Any living vertebrate (excluding man)
• mammals, birds, reptiles:
- from 2/3 of the way through gestation or
incubation
• other vertebrates (i.e. fish):
- from the time when they are capable of
independent feeding
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,Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
And any living cephalopod
When is an animal no longer living? - ✔-Living until:
• permanent cessation of circulation
• or destruction of the brain
• so includes decerebrate animals (hind brain/brainstem still intact)
Where can procedures take place? - ✔-• specified institution
• specified rooms
• named individuals take responsibility for ensuring that everything done at the place is authorised
What procedures? (Project licences) - ✔-• Project Licences are granted by the Secretary of State
• The project specifies a programme of work, and as part of that programme authorises the application
of:
- specified regulated procedures
- to animals of specified descriptions
- at a specified place(s)
The 3 Rs - ✔-• The 3 Rs provide a framework for more humane animal research
• Replace, Reduce and Refine
• REPLACE:
- use of animals with alternatives (cell lines,
animal or human tissue, non-protected
species
• REDUCE:
- numbers used
• REFINE:
- procedures carried out (to minimise pain,
suffering, distress, or lasting harm)
Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
, Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
The 3 Vs - ✔-• Construct Validity
- is the model measuring what it claims?
• Internal validity
- does the study establish a trustworthy
cause-and-effect relationship between the
treatment and outcome (outcome not
influenced by other factors and variables)
• External Validity
- how generalisable the findings are to the
wider situation (do the findings apply to
other people, settings, situations, etc)
What procedures? (Regulated procedures) - ✔-Regulated procedures:
• are carried out on a protected animal
• for experimental, scientific, or educational purpose
• may cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or higher than, that caused by
inserting a hypodermic needle according to good veterinary practice
• includes actions and omissions
- dosing, sampling, withholding food
Non-regulated procedures - ✔-No licence required
Include:
• non-experimental veterinary practices
• veterinary clinical trials
• non-experimental agricultural practices for
husbandry
• identification
Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
Home Office Licensee Training Exam with
Complete Solutions Latest Update
PIL - ✔-Procedures Individual Licence
• a licence granted by the Secretary of State qualifying the holder to apply specified regulated
procedures to specified animals at specified places
• must receive training before they can obtain a licence
Module training course - ✔-• Candidates successfully completing this course will gain a Home Office
Module Training Certificate (not a Home Office Licence!)
• Certificate holders can obtain a licence to work under supervision and with project licence
authorisation
• Further training required to gain competence in specific techniques:
- observation
- simulations
- cadavers
- work under direct supervision with
assistance
• Need to maintain records of training and competencies
What animals are protected? - ✔-Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (as amended 2012)
Any living vertebrate (excluding man)
• mammals, birds, reptiles:
- from 2/3 of the way through gestation or
incubation
• other vertebrates (i.e. fish):
- from the time when they are capable of
independent feeding
Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
,Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
And any living cephalopod
When is an animal no longer living? - ✔-Living until:
• permanent cessation of circulation
• or destruction of the brain
• so includes decerebrate animals (hind brain/brainstem still intact)
Where can procedures take place? - ✔-• specified institution
• specified rooms
• named individuals take responsibility for ensuring that everything done at the place is authorised
What procedures? (Project licences) - ✔-• Project Licences are granted by the Secretary of State
• The project specifies a programme of work, and as part of that programme authorises the application
of:
- specified regulated procedures
- to animals of specified descriptions
- at a specified place(s)
The 3 Rs - ✔-• The 3 Rs provide a framework for more humane animal research
• Replace, Reduce and Refine
• REPLACE:
- use of animals with alternatives (cell lines,
animal or human tissue, non-protected
species
• REDUCE:
- numbers used
• REFINE:
- procedures carried out (to minimise pain,
suffering, distress, or lasting harm)
Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
, Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
The 3 Vs - ✔-• Construct Validity
- is the model measuring what it claims?
• Internal validity
- does the study establish a trustworthy
cause-and-effect relationship between the
treatment and outcome (outcome not
influenced by other factors and variables)
• External Validity
- how generalisable the findings are to the
wider situation (do the findings apply to
other people, settings, situations, etc)
What procedures? (Regulated procedures) - ✔-Regulated procedures:
• are carried out on a protected animal
• for experimental, scientific, or educational purpose
• may cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm equivalent to, or higher than, that caused by
inserting a hypodermic needle according to good veterinary practice
• includes actions and omissions
- dosing, sampling, withholding food
Non-regulated procedures - ✔-No licence required
Include:
• non-experimental veterinary practices
• veterinary clinical trials
• non-experimental agricultural practices for
husbandry
• identification
Home Office Licensee Training Exam with Complete Solutions Latest Update
