GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Animals using which type of thermoregulation depend mostly on environmental
temperature to maintain their internal physiology? - ✔✔Poikilothermic
✔✔Which should be provided in the environment of a semi-aquatic animal?
a. porous substrate
b. recirculating system
c. a terrestrial area
d. low humidity level - ✔✔c. a terrestrial area
✔✔Which statement is TRUE for the use of agricultural animals in biomedical research,
when they are maintained in a farm setting?
a. These animals are covered by the Guide but not by the Animal Welfare Act.
b. These animals are only covered by the Ag Guide.
c. These animals are covered by the Animal Welfare Act but not by the Guide.
d. These animals are covered by the Guide but will benefit from the principles and
practices detailed in the Ag Guide. - ✔✔d. These animals are covered by the Guide but
will benefit from the principles and practices detailed in the Ag Guide.
✔✔What is the minimum space required for a female mouse and her litter?
a. 75 in2
b. 51 in2
c. 330 in2
d. 124 in2 - ✔✔b. 51 in2
✔✔Which are used to standardize the method for performing specific institutional
practices and procedures?
a. Policies
b. Performance Standards
c. Procedures
d. Principles - ✔✔c. Procedures
✔✔The first version of the current Animal Welfare Act - ✔✔Laboratory Animal Welfare
Act of 1966
The Act was amended in 1970 and named the Animal Welfare Act
✔✔1976 Amendment to the AWA - ✔✔Expanded to cover common carriers (for
example, airlines and trucking companies) and to set standards for animal
transportation. The amendment introduced health certification prior to transport in
certain circumstances.
, ✔✔Introduced specific guidelines concerning the humane care and handling of animals
in research facilities, such as sanitation, housing and ventilation - ✔✔The Food Security
Act of 1985, also called "The Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act"
1. Mandated that all personnel using animals in research are appropriately trained.
2. Introduced and defined the role of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
or IACUC, and its responsibilities to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), a division of the USDA. One of an IACUC's responsibilities is to inspect the
institutional animal facilities and all its study areas at least twice per year.
3. Specified that consultation with a veterinarian is necessary in the planning of any
procedure that could cause pain or distress to animals.
4. Directed the Secretary of Agriculture to establish rules to provide exercise for dogs
and an adequate physical environment for the psychological well-being of non-human
primates.
5. Specifies that no animal can be used in more than one major operative procedure
from which it recovers unless it is scientifically justified. However, multiple major
operative procedures are allowable in certain circumstances, as determined by the
USDA, including the provision of veterinary medical care, such as for the health care of
the animal.
6. Established the National Agricultural Library's Animal Welfare Information Center
(AWIC) to be an information resource on the humane care and use of animals and
alternatives to procedures causing pain and distress.
✔✔Mandated a minimum period of five days for pounds and shelters to hold dogs and
cats before providing them to a dealer. - ✔✔the pet protection provision of the 1990
farm bill
✔✔A breeder. Specifically, this dealer breeds and raises animals on the premises in a
closed or stable colony. A ________ dealer may acquire animals for the sole purpose of
maintaining or enhancing the breeding colony. - ✔✔Class A dealer (AWA Act)
✔✔A person whose business includes the purchase and/or resale of any animal -
✔✔Class B dealer (AWA Act)
✔✔Dogs and cats obtained from animal pounds or shelters, auction sales, or from any
person who did not breed and raise them on his or her premises - ✔✔Random Source
✔✔AWA required IACUC members - ✔✔1. Chairperson
2. A Veterinarian (experience in lab animal science and medicine)
3. Not affiliated