Animal Welfare Flashcards
What are the 5 Animal Welfare Freedoms
-Freedom of hunger and thirst
-freedom from discomfort
-freedom from pain,injury, or disease
-freedom to express normal behavior
-freedom from fear, and distress
What are the three Rs
-Replacement
-reduction
-refinement
Replacement
Replace a method using animals with a suitable non animal method
Reduction
Reduce the number of animals being used to a minimum without compromising scientific outcomes
Refinement
Refine the method used in procedures, breeding, transportation, accommodation, and care
Animal use group ?
Animals are used but should spare pain and discomfort
Animal control group
Pass appropriate laws and enforce them
Animal welfare group
Treat animals kindly and pass laws to require such
Animal rights group
Animals have rights that should be granted, in some cases they should not be used or euthanized in certain situations
Animal liberation group
Animals have rights, pets are slaved (especially in certain situation), encourage illegal act crackdown to enforce laws/ free animals
in terms of laws and regulations which governing agency or agencies dictate how animals are used in research?
IACUC (Institutional animal care and use committee
in terms of laws and regulations which governing agency or agencies dictate how animals are used on a federal level?
USDA ( United States Dept of Agriculture) and AWA (Animal Welfare Act)
“The Guide”was published by
ILAR (institute for laboratory animal research)
A technique used to measure welfare in animals such as vaccinations, ventilation, temp, nutrition ?
Resource parameters
A technique used to measure welfare in animals such as, physical exam findings, and behavior
Animal parameters
