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What are the five freedoms?

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Hunger/thirst, thermal/physical discomfort, injury/disease, normal behaviour, fear/stress

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Instead of the five freedoms, what does the AWA 2006 introduce?

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Five Needs

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What are the Five Needs?

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Environment, diet, behaviour, with/apart from other animals, protection from pain/suffering/injury/disease

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What did Welfare Quality (2009) define instead of the Five Freedoms/Needs?

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Four principles for good welfare

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What are the four principles for good welfare?

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Feeding, housing, health, behaviour

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What is the difference between a feeling and an emotion?

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Feeling increases chance of survival, whereas emotion includes subjective and expressive (behavioural and neurophysiological) components

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What is a common problem with veal calves?

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Iron deficiency anaemia (weak and poor breathing)

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What kind of activity do animals show is prevented from meeting a behavioural need?

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Rebound activity

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What are three kinds of tests that can be done to determine an animals behavioural needs?

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Preference, aversion, deprivation

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What is an ethogram?

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Detailed description of he behavioural features of a particular species

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When can there be problems during preference testing?

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If the stimulus is not related to the telos of an animal - may not respond because they don’t have the receptor

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12
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Why is CO2 stunning of pigs aversive?

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Nasal mucosa irritation

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What is alostasis?

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keeping the organism alive and functioning (homeostasis, adaptation, coping)

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What is agency?

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Engaging with the environment to gather knowledge and enhance skills

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What is a teloceptor?

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An event at a distance

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What is an exterioceptor?

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Skin contact

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What is an interioceptor?

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Visceral/physiological state

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18
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What causes meat to become PSE?

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Too rapid glycogen release

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What happens if all glycogen is released or used up?

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Meat becomes dark and dry

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What are four types of abnormal behaviour directed towards another animal?

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Animal as: Object to acquire, mother, sexual object, rival

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What are the two kinds of anomalous reactivity?

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Inactivity or hysteria

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22
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Why is sympathetic GAS hard to measure?

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Short half life

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What parameters can be used to measure the sympathetic GAS?

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Heart rate, pupil dilation, skin temperature

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How soon is cortisol released after stress?

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2-3 minutes

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Which samples can cortisol be measured in?

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Blood, urine, saliva, faeces

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By what mechanisms does cortisol increase nutrients in the blood?

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Gluconeogenesis, protein breakdown, lipolysis

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27
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Why does cortisol cause increased blood volume?

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Retains Na+

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28
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Which interleukins mediate chronic corticosteroid immunosuppression?

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IL-1,2,b

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29
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Which three immune cells are inhibited during chronic corticosteroid release?

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Antibody, T cell, macrophages

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Which stressors do not cause cortisol to rise/remain high?

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Heat, chronic confinement, chronic pain

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31
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Which hormone level falls with stress?

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Prolactin

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Which three challenges can affect LH and FSH levels?

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Transport, high temperatures, low feed intake

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Which hormone classes mediate stress induced hyperthermia?

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Interleukins, prostaglandins, vasopressin

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34
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Which kind of animal is prone to stress hyperthermia?

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Captured wildlife

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35
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Which hormone acts as an indicator of energy reserves?

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Leptin

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36
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Physiological responses to emotional stress?

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Adrenergic, adrenal, core body temperature, ghrelin, reduced LH GRH and prolactin

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Physiological responses to pain?

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Adrenergic, adrenal, trauma enzymes and inflammatory markers

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38
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Physiological responses to osmotic stress?

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Adrenergic, adrenal, haemoconcentration parameters

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39
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Physiological responses to energy depletion?

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Insulin, glucagon, leptin, glucose, urea

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40
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Physiological responses to thermal stress?

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GAS, prolactin, temperature (core and skin), panting, sweating, reproductive hormones

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41
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What are two examples of failure to function behaviour?

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Sexual inadequacy, parental behaviour (neonatal rejection)

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Which kind of neural system is involved in stereotypic behaviour?

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Dopaminergic

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43
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What stimulates and blocks dopaminergic neural systems?

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Amphetamines stimulate, naloxone blocks

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What kind of oral stereotypies are common in low input environments?

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Those associated with high input receptors

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Which Act regulates the profession, controls memberships, has a code of conduct, client and welfare duties?

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Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966

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46
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What are the two types of witness?

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Witness in fact, expert witness

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47
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What is the difference between the two types of witness?

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Expert witness can express an opinion

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48
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What are the two types of law?

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Civil and criminal

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49
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What are the two types of criminal law?

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Common (judicial) and statute (parliamentary)

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50
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Who makes Judicial (common) law?

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Judges by precedent in senior courts

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51
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Is parliamentary or judicial law higher up?

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Parliamentary

52
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How is Statute/Legislative law passed?

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Act of Parliament

53
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What are the two parts of statute/legislative law?

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Primary (main act) and secondary (made by ministers)

54
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Which kind of law includes Code of Practices?

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Statute/Legislative

55
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Which kind of law has England/Ireland/Scotland differences?

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Statute/Legislative

56
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What are three international organisations the UK is obligated to?

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WTO, European Laws, Council of Europe

57
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Which kind of law allows owners to do as they wish to their property (animals)?

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Common Law

58
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Which Act allows citizens to enjoy their property rights?

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Human Rights Act 1998

59
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Which Treaty gives protection and respect for the welfare of animals but has exceptions for culture/religion?

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Treaty of Amsterdam 1997

60
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Which Act gives protections for domesticated vertebrates?

61
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What act gives protection for research animals?

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A(SP)A 1986

62
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Which Acts protect wild vertebrates?

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Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 and Wildlife and Countryside Act 1881

63
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Which animals aren’t protected by AWA?

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Wild animals in the free state, foetuses, animals under ASPA, fishing

64
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What are the three things you can be prosecuted for under AWA?

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Commission, Omission, Vicarious Liability

65
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Who decides whether suffering is necessary or not?

66
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What should you do when signing a Section 18 certificate?

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Follow RCVS guidance

67
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Who produces Codes of Practice which outline good practice and may be used in court?

68
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Who can issue improvement notices?

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AWA inspectors, not RSPCA

69
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What must an improvement notice state?

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What needs aren’t being met and when this must be changed by

70
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Which kind of Act is the AWA?

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Common Informers Act

71
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Does the AWA do private or state prosecution?

72
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Are the police AWA inspectors?

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No but have some powers esp involving distress

73
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What year is ASPA?

74
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When was ASPA passed by whole EU?

75
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What are the three types of research?

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Regulated, non-regulated, clinical

76
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What defines a regulated procedure?

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One that causes pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm

77
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What must be true to be allow to do a regulated procedure?

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Must be a clear benefit

78
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Which animals come under ASPA?

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Any living vertebrate + octopus

79
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From what age are animals covered by ASPA?

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From 2/3 through gestation/incubation

80
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What four types of research can’t be done under ASPA?

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Great Apes, cosmetics, offensive weapons, alcohol/tobacco

81
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What are the four named roles under the Establishment Licence Holder?

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Veterinary Surgeon, Animal Care and Welfare, Training and Competency, Information

82
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Who does the named Veterinary Surgeon report to?

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Home Office

83
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What job are the ASP Inspectorate usually?

84
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What kind of visits do ASP inspectors conduct?

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Routine and unannounced

85
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Which areas can ASP Inspectors access?

86
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What four things does “The Guidance” give advice on?

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How the act is enforced, Licences issues under the act, responsibilities of those with roles, the main provisions

87
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What are the 3 Rs of experiment design?

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Replacement, reduction, refinement

88
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Who sets the ASPA code of practice?

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Home Office

89
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What are four rules the ASPA code of practice includes?

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Minimum enclosure dimensions, temperature, humidity, ventilation

90
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Do racehorses or lab horses have more space?

91
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Do pet shop or lab rats have more space?

92
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Where must rabbits be housed under ASPA?

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Floor-houses - no cages

93
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What is the only law which says animals having surgery must have analgesics?

94
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What happens if there is a behaviour void?

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More abnormal behaviour

95
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What are non-regulated procedures?

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Those which don’t cause pain/distress/harm

96
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Which law regulates non-regulated procedures?

97
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What are two examples of non-regulated procedures?

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Behavioural studies, anatomy dissection

98
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What must the benefit be to for a non-regulated procedure?

99
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What is clinical research done for the benefit of?

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Individual animals or its immediate group/progeny

100
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Which law regulates clinical research?

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Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966

101
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What are the four requirements for informed consent?

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Information, competence, voluntary participation, right to withdraw consent

102
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Which section of the AWA prohibits sale to under 16s?

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Section II

103
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Which law applies to pet animals transported for commercial purposes?

104
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Which pets are exempt from WATO?

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Those travelling with owners, travelling to and from vets,

105
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Which pets are not exempt from AWA section 4?

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Pets travelling with veterinary advice

106
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What are the three kinds of farm visits the APHA performs?

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Basic Payment claimant visits, complaints, OV complaints from slaughterhouses

107
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What happens to Basic Payment claimants if breaches are found?

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Payments reduced

108
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How quickly will the APHA visit a farm following a complaint?

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Within 24 hours

109
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Who takes APHA prosecutions forward?

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Local Authority/Trading Standards

110
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Which committee developed the 5 freedoms?

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Brambell committee

111
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Who review the 5 freedoms and are an expert committee for Defra?

112
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How long do broiler chickens live?

113
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Which livestock are Code of Practice produced for?

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Most - apart from Emu, Ostrich and Rhea

114
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What happens if you fail to comply with a Code of Practice?

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Not an offense but can be used as evidence

115
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Who can serve an improvement notice?

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APHA or Local Authority

116
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What must an improvement notice quote?

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The 5 freedoms and which has been breached

117
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Who has power of entry onto agricultural premises?

118
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Which law requires all carers to have welfare codes?

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Welfare of Farmed Animals 2007

119
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What causes pododermatitis in chickens?

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Sticky litter

120
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At what age can beak trimming be done?

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Under 10 days

121
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Which law sets of handling and housing of animals at market?

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Welfare of Animals at Markets 1990

122
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Where are the horse market regulations?

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In a separate Order

123
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Who produces horse Codes of Practice?

124
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When are horses only covered by the APHA?

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If used for agriculture

125
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Which law gives Local Authorities and landowners rights after fly tipping?

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Control of Horses Act 2015

126
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What is proof of emaciation?

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Lack of fat around coronary arteries

127
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What four things must pig substrate be?

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MICE - manipulatable, investigable, chewable, edible,

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