DoD Terminology

Question 1

A review of documents related to animal use for RDT&E or training by a component oversight office that is overseen by a component level veterinarian.

Answer 1

administrative review of an RDT&E or training protocol.

Question 2

An incident that leads to unintended and substantial injury or illness, unrelieved pain or distress, or death of an animal.

Answer 2

adverse event

Question 3

Replacing animals with less complex (sentient) models or use of non-animal models; Reduction of the total number or animals; Refinement of procedures so animals are subjected to less pain and distress.

Answer 3

3 R’s

Question 4

Any living or dead vertebrate animal, including birds, cold blooded animals, rats of the genus Rattus and mice of the genus Mus.

Answer 4

DoD definition of ‘animal’

Question 5

The office identified in the CAUMP (Component Animal Use Managment Plans) as having the responsibility to conduct the headquarters-level administrative review of RDT&E

Answer 5

component oversight office

Question 6

Component Animal Use Managment Plans

Answer 6

CAUMP

Question 7

A complete review of each previously IACUC approved, ongoing activity at least every 3 years, performed by the IACUC.

Answer 7

de novo review

Question 8

An investigation conducted on free-living wild animals in their natural habitat. A
field study excludes any investigation that involves an invasive procedure, harms, or materially alters the behavior of the animal under study.

Answer 8

field study

Question 9

A systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data of an animal or animals for the purpose of monitoring the presence of a condition in an individual animal or an animal population.

Answer 9

disease surveillance

Question 10

Any procedure that causes lasting physical, behavioral, psychological deficits or damage,
or exposes an animal to potentially perilous situations (e.g., releasing a nocturnal animal during daylight hours).

Answer 10

harm

Question 11

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee charged with evaluating an institution’s care, treatment, housing, and
use of animals, and with assuring compliance with AWA/R.

Answer 11

IACUC

Question 12

An entity that may be a DoD Component or a non DoD public or private entity that
is engaged in RDT&E or training involving the use of animals.

Answer 12

institution

Question 13

The institutional official is, or is appointed by, the institution’s most
senior leader (commander, president, chief executive officer) and can legally commit the institution to comply with federal requirements for animal care and use.

Answer 13

institutional official

Question 14

A major amendment or significant change to an approved protocol as
determined by the IACUC performing the review.

Answer 14

major modification

Question 15

Animals belonging to the class mammalia and whose primary habitat is the sea or ocean (e.g., cetaceans and pinnipeds).

Answer 15

marine mammal

Question 16

A belief or judgment that represents the view of less than one-half of the
whole group.

Answer 16

minority opinion

Question 17

An individual who represents general community interests in
the proper care and use of animals, is not a current or former laboratory animal user, is not affiliated with the institution, and is not an immediate family member of a person who is affiliated with the institution.

Answer 17

non-affiliated IACUC member

Question 18

An activity not in accordance with this issuance and its references.

Answer 18

noncompliance

Question 19

Any nonhuman member of the order primata, including prosimians,
monkeys, and apes.

Answer 19

nonhuman primate

Question 20

A quorum is obtained when a majority of the voting members of the IACUC are present.

Answer 20

quorum

Question 21

Refers to a series of four broad categories of activities beginning with the exploration
of a concept and ending with the determination that a product is suitable for its intended use: research, development, test, evaluation.

Answer 21

RDT&E

Question 22

A systematic investigation of a scientific question employing a hypothesis,
structured methodology, and controlled study design (e.g., a manipulation of variables, an assessment of differences in outcome due to variables) for the purpose of contributing to the generalized body of knowledge.

Answer 22

research

Question 23

A systematic investigation, structured methodology, or controlled study
designed for the purpose of further refining the product and demonstrating its intended use.

Answer 23

development

Question 24

A systematic analysis of the product to ensure that it meets its intended goals.

Answer 24

test

Question 25

An analysis of the product’s suitability and readiness to be produced and fielded.

Answer 25

evaluation

Question 26

The general officer/flag officer, Senior Executive Service, or equivalent level individual within a component who has sole authority and responsibility for implementing and overseeing the component’s animal use management plan.

Answer 26

responsible official

Question 27

A deficiency that, in the judgement of the IACUC and the institutional official, is or may be a threat to the health or safety of animals.

Answer 27

significant deficiency

Question 28

An activity with the goal of imparting knowledge, skills, and competencies to a human.

Answer 28

training

Question 29

A person who has graduated from a veterinary school accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education, has a certificate issued by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Education Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates, or has a certificate issued by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence, is licensed, and has received training or experience in the species being used

Answer 29

veterinarian

Question 30

A device (e.g., a club, knife, gun, or directed energy) used to injure, defeat, or destroy.

Answer 30

weapon

Question 31

An injury or damage usually restricted to those caused by physical means with disruption of normal continuity of the body’s structures.

Answer 31

wound

Question 32

Within the DoD, the colonel is a member of senior management. He or she would generally equate to a department chair or professor at a civilian organization. Regulatory officials are generally either a colonel or a senior lieutenant colonel. Generally, have 15-20 years or more of experience in animal care and use.

Answer 32

colonel

Question 33

Within the DoD, the colonel is a member of senior management. He or she would generally equate to a department vice chair or associate professor at a civilian organization. Regulatory officials are generally either a colonel or a senior lieutenant colonel. Generally, have 15 years or more of experience in animal care and use.

Answer 33

lieutenant colonel

Question 34

Within the DoD, the major is a member of middle management who would generally equate to a Division Head and be similar to an assistant professor at a civilian organization.

Answer 34

major

Question 35

Within the DoD, the captain is also a member of middle management who would generally equate to a clinic manager or section manager and be similar to an instructor at a civilian organization. Most captains have 5-8 years of miliary experience and may not have any focused research animal experience.

Answer 35

captain