20/06/18

Question 1

Animals diseased with Glanders.?

Answer 1

Animals diseased with Glanders.

• Typical clinical signs
• Non-typical clinical signs but immunodiagnostic test +
• No clinical signs but repeated immunodiagnostic test +

Question 2

The duties of LAEC (local animal experimentation committees) are.?

Answer 2

The duties of LAEC (local animal experimentation committees) are.

• The preparation of the animal experimentation regulation (ethical codex)
• The control of observance of the animal experimentation regulation
• The professional-ethical supervision of the animal experimentation of the institution
• Organization of education and training of those authorized to carry out animal experiments

Question 3

Newcastle disease – protection zone official measures?

Answer 3

Newcastle disease – protection zone official measures.

• Minimum radius of 3 km
• Standstill measures and controlled movement of poultry for at least 21 days
• Before lifting measures: sampling of the poultry holdings

Question 4

Official measures in case of American Foul Brood.?

Answer 4

Official measures in case of American Foul Brood.

• Killing of bee colonies: killed bee colonies are burned and buried (+ products, comb, brood)
• Burning and burial of all combustible material from the hive
• Strict disinfection
• Suspected of being contaminated: processing of products

Question 5

Definition of a rabid animal.?

Answer 5

Definition of a rabid animal.

An animal in which unquestionable laboratory tests have confirmed rabies

Question 6

The “five freedoms principle” in animal welfare.?

Answer 6

The “five freedoms principle” in animal welfare.

• Freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition
• Freedom from fear and distress
• Freedom from physical and thermal discomfort
• Freedom from pain, injury and disease
• Freedom to express normal patterns of behavior

Question 7

Definition of cruelty to animals in criminal law.?

Answer 7

Definition of cruelty to animals in criminal law.

• Any person who is engaged in the unjustified abuse or unjustified mistreatment of vertebrate
• animals resulting in permanent damage to the animal’s health or in the animal’s destruction;
• or who abandons, dispossess or expels a domesticated vertebrate animal or a
• dangerous animal is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• The penalty for a felony shall be higher, if the criminal offense is carried out in a manner to
• cause undue suffering to the animal, or results in permanent damage to several animals or in
• the destruction of more than one animal

Question 8

Public health measures for brucellosis.?

Answer 8

Public health measures for brucellosis.

• Notification to state medical service
• Informing the keeper, owner (pregnancy)
• Personal disinfection
• Protective clothes, gloves and footwear
• Control of products

Question 9

Definition of directives in the EU.?

Answer 9

Definition of directives in the EU.

Bind Member States as to the objectives to be achieved while leaving the national authorities

the power to choose the form and means to be used