Analgesics must be provided to all animals following survival surgery unless scientific justification for withholding post-operative analgesics is provided by the investigator and approved by the ARC, or if a veterinarian examines the animal and determines that analgesic administration is no longer necessary.
Training Grants
Effective May 6, 2009, the requirement for administrative ARC review of program projects and training grants has been removed.
Acclimation and Quarantine
Acclimation is “the process of becoming accustomed to a new environment.” Quarantine is the “detention of…animals suspected to have communicable disease until they are proved free of infection. The term is often used interchangeably with isolation (separation of a known infected individual from healthy ones until the danger of transmission passes).”
Status Epilepticus in Rodents
Proposals involving animal models of status epilepticus (SE) must be designed and performed with due consideration of minimizing animal discomfort, distress, pain, and mortality consistent with the experimental goals. Studies must be designed to include the least amount of seizure activity for the shortest amount of time to still produce meaningful data.
UCLA Core Facilities
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Veterinary Care
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Emergency Care
Any health problem noted by any animal user at any time, including evenings, weekends and holidays, should be reported immediately to the on-call veterinarian (pager #96545). Veterinary care is provided 24h a day, 7 days a week.
Euthanasia
The ILAR Guide defines euthanasia as “…the procedure of killing animals rapidly and painlessly…” Campus euthanasia guidelines follow those established by the American Veterinary Medical Association Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines on Euthanasia. Proposed euthanasia techniques must be approved by DLAM and the ARC during review of animal use protocols.
Postsurgical Care
Animals must be observed to ensure uneventful recovery from anesthesia and surgery. The animal must be monitored continuously until ambulatory, and should be returned to its regular cage only when it is alert, mobile, and breathing normally. The animal should be kept warm and dry and fluids, analgesics, and antibiotics administered as required. Surgical wounds should be kept clean, and bandages or wound dressings changed as frequently as necessary to keep them clean and dry.