PIL A, B LEGISLATION EXAM STUDY
GUIDE – COMPLETE NOTES AND
SUMMARIES (2025)
Animals from high quality breeding facilities will come with a health status certidicant.
Condirmed through health status certificate. - correct answers ✔✔What is the
significance of animal health status? How is it confirmed?
That the animals will be specific pathogen free (SPF), virus antibody free (VAF) and free
of zoonosis - correct answers ✔✔What does the health status certificate promise?
Diseases that can cross species - correct answers ✔✔What is zoonosis?
, These are sentinel animals. The animal is placed in an environment and monitored to
see if it has any disease - correct answers ✔✔What can you do if you suspect or want
to check if an animal is has diseases.
All living vertebraes other than man, and any living cephalopod (octopus, squid,
cuttlefish, nautilus) - correct answers ✔✔What are protected animals?
When they reach the last third of their gestation period (day 14 for rats and mice) or
incubation period - correct answers ✔✔When do mammals, birds and reptiles b come
protected
When they are capable of independent feeding - correct answers ✔✔When do fish and
amphibians become protected
As soon as they hatch - correct answers ✔✔When do cephalopods become protected?
Mild, moderate, severe, non-recovery - correct answers ✔✔What are the severity
limits?
replacement, reduction, refinement - correct answers ✔✔What are the 3Rs?
Procedure establishment licence
Procedure project licence
Procedure individual licence
Implementation of animal (scientific procedures) act 1986 - correct answers ✔✔What
are the three licences that are needed before any regulated procedure can be
performed? What is this the implementation of?
The establishment licence is purely rooms that you can perform surgery and hold
animals - correct answers ✔✔What is a procedure establishment licence
SA = small animal
LA = large animal
AQ = aquatic species
AV = birds
EQU = equidae (horses, donkeys, mules, asses)
NHP = non-human primate - correct answers ✔✔What do these abbreviation on the
PEL stand for for animals SA, LA, AQ, AV, EQU, NHP
STH = short term holding
LTH = long term holding
NOH = no overnight holding
SEP = sterile experimental procedures
NSEP = non-sterile experimental procedures - correct answers ✔✔What do these
abbreviation on the PEL stand for for how you can use rooms - STH, LTH, NOH, SEP,
NSEP
GUIDE – COMPLETE NOTES AND
SUMMARIES (2025)
Animals from high quality breeding facilities will come with a health status certidicant.
Condirmed through health status certificate. - correct answers ✔✔What is the
significance of animal health status? How is it confirmed?
That the animals will be specific pathogen free (SPF), virus antibody free (VAF) and free
of zoonosis - correct answers ✔✔What does the health status certificate promise?
Diseases that can cross species - correct answers ✔✔What is zoonosis?
, These are sentinel animals. The animal is placed in an environment and monitored to
see if it has any disease - correct answers ✔✔What can you do if you suspect or want
to check if an animal is has diseases.
All living vertebraes other than man, and any living cephalopod (octopus, squid,
cuttlefish, nautilus) - correct answers ✔✔What are protected animals?
When they reach the last third of their gestation period (day 14 for rats and mice) or
incubation period - correct answers ✔✔When do mammals, birds and reptiles b come
protected
When they are capable of independent feeding - correct answers ✔✔When do fish and
amphibians become protected
As soon as they hatch - correct answers ✔✔When do cephalopods become protected?
Mild, moderate, severe, non-recovery - correct answers ✔✔What are the severity
limits?
replacement, reduction, refinement - correct answers ✔✔What are the 3Rs?
Procedure establishment licence
Procedure project licence
Procedure individual licence
Implementation of animal (scientific procedures) act 1986 - correct answers ✔✔What
are the three licences that are needed before any regulated procedure can be
performed? What is this the implementation of?
The establishment licence is purely rooms that you can perform surgery and hold
animals - correct answers ✔✔What is a procedure establishment licence
SA = small animal
LA = large animal
AQ = aquatic species
AV = birds
EQU = equidae (horses, donkeys, mules, asses)
NHP = non-human primate - correct answers ✔✔What do these abbreviation on the
PEL stand for for animals SA, LA, AQ, AV, EQU, NHP
STH = short term holding
LTH = long term holding
NOH = no overnight holding
SEP = sterile experimental procedures
NSEP = non-sterile experimental procedures - correct answers ✔✔What do these
abbreviation on the PEL stand for for how you can use rooms - STH, LTH, NOH, SEP,
NSEP
