What is the significance of animal health status? How is it confirmed? - Answers Animals from
high quality breeding facilities will come with a health status certidicant. Condirmed through
health status certificate.
What does the health status certificate promise? - Answers That the animals will be specific
pathogen free (SPF), virus antibody free (VAF) and free of zoonosis
What is zoonosis? - Answers Diseases that can cross species
What can you do if you suspect or want to check if an animal is has diseases. - Answers These
are sentinel animals. The animal is placed in an environment and monitored to see if it has any
disease
What are protected animals? - Answers All living vertebraes other than man, and any living
cephalopod (octopus, squid, cuttlefish, nautilus)
When do mammals, birds and reptiles b come protected - Answers When they reach the last
third of their gestation period (day 14 for rats and mice) or incubation period
When do fish and amphibians become protected - Answers When they are capable of
independent feeding
When do cephalopods become protected? - Answers As soon as they hatch
What are the severity limits? - Answers Mild, moderate, severe, non-recovery
What are the 3Rs? - Answers replacement, reduction, refinement
What are the three licences that are needed before any regulated procedure can be performed?
What is this the implementation of? - Answers Procedure establishment licence
Procedure project licence
Procedure individual licence
Implementation of animal (scientific procedures) act 1986
What is a procedure establishment licence - Answers The establishment licence is purely rooms
that you can perform surgery and hold animals
What do these abbreviation on the PEL stand for for animals SA, LA, AQ, AV, EQU, NHP -
Answers SA = small animal
LA = large animal
AQ = aquatic species