UTAS Animal Ethics Committee Guidelines
Euthanasia
Guidelines
 AVMA
Euthanasia 2007 (550KB pdf)
Trapping
Non-target
species bycatch (361KB word doc)
Devils
Minimising
the unnatural spread of Devil Facial Tumour Disease
(354KB word doc)
Lizards
Capture
of small lizards (348KB word doc)
Marking
of small lizards ( 350KB word doc)
Seals
Sedation
and Anaesthesia of Weddell Seals (under
revision - please contact Barrie
Wells for further information.)
Miscellaneous
AEC Guidelines
Emergency
care of abandoned pouch young (354KB word doc)
Induction
of native animals into a research project (353KB word
doc)
Sheep
Holding and Transportation (354KB word doc)
Purchase
of animals from pet stores to be used in experiments
(350KB word doc)
Death
as an endpoint – definition and guidelines (351KB
word doc)
Immuno
adjuvants (351KB word doc)
Carbon
Dioxide Use of Euthanasia of Laboratory Animals', Victorian
Department of Primary Industry Discussion Paper, 2005
(20KB pdf)
Victorian
DPI 'Code of Practice for Housing and Care of Laboratory
Mice, Rats, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits', 2005 (1.7MB pdf)
UTAS
policy on Zoonoses and animal-based hazards (72KB pdf)
UTAS
OH&S guidelines
NHMRC
Guidelines for the Care and Housing of Rabbits (2.6MB
pdf)
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ANZCCART Publications
and Guidelines
ANZCCART publications and fact sheets provide invaluable
information and these are often referred to by the AEC in
their assessment of applications.
The following is a list of ANZCCART publications currently
available. The AEC Secretary has a number of these available
to borrow or they may be purchased directly from the
ANZCCART website:
- Animal Pain: Ethical and Scientific Perspectives (eds
T. Kuchel, M. A. Rose and J. Burrell), 1992.
- Survey of Laboratory Animals and Tumour Cell Lines Maintained
in Australia (ed R .M. Baker), 8th Edition, 1997.
- Euthanasia of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes (ed.
J. Reilly), 1993. 2nd edition published
2001
- Effective Animal Experimentation Ethics Committees (eds
R. M. Baker, J. H. Burrell and M. A. Rose, 1994). Proceedings
of the conference held at the University of Adelaide, Australia,
October, 1992. OUT OF PRINT
- Animal Welfare in the Twenty-First Century: Ethical,
Educational and Scientific Challenges
(eds R. M. Baker, D. J. Mellor and A. M. Nicol 1994).
Proceedings of the conference held in Christchurch, New
Zealand, April, 1994. OUT OF PRINT
- Banting's Dog and Schrödinger's Cat: Animals and
Experiments (C. Puplick) ANZCCART Public Lecture, 1994.
- Animals and Science in the Twenty-First Century: New
Technologies and Challenges (eds R. M . Baker, R. Einstein,
D. J. Mellor and M. A. Rose 1994). Proceedings of the conference
held in Melbourne, Australia, October, 1994.
- Farm Animals in Biomedical and Agricultural Research
(eds R.M. Baker, R. Einstein and D . Mellor). Proceedings
of the conference held in Wellington, New Zealand, August,
1995.
- Animals in Education: Value, Responsibilities and Questions
(eds A. Brennan and R. Einstein). Proceedings of the conference
held in Canberra, September, 1996.
- Animal Experimentation: A Student Guide to Balancing
the Issues. (V. Monamy), 1996.
- Ethical Approaches to Animal-based Science (eds D. Mellor,
M. Fisher and G. Sutherland). Proceedings of the conference
held in Auckland, New Zealand, September, 1997.
- The Use of Immunoadjuvants in Animals in Australia and
New Zealand, 1998.
- The Use of Wildlife for Research (eds. D. Mellor and
V. Monamy). Proceedings of the conference held in Dubbo,
NSW, May 1999.
- "Housing for Laboratory Rats, Mice, Guinea Pigs
and Rabbits" by Dr Ann Hargreaves. This is a definitive
document for animal house staff and researchers, as well
as members of animal ethics committee members.
- "Euthanasia of Animals used for Scientific Purposes".
(2nd Edition, 2001) Edited by J. S. Reilly.
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ANCCART Fact Sheets:
ANZCCART fact sheets can be viewed and downloaded from the
ANZCCART website
Animal Specific Fact Sheets include:
- The mouse part 1/ part 2
- The rat
- The marmoset
- The guinea pig
- The rabbit
- The cat
- The sheep
- Australian marsupials
- The domestic chicken
- The dog
- The Frog and Toad
- Managing fallow deer
Other Fact Sheets include:
- Occupational Health and Safety in the Animal House and
Associated Laboratory Facilities
- Importation quarantine and monitoring of laboratory animals,
particularly rodents, for issue in Australia
- Experimental techniques and anaesthesia in the rat and
mouse
restraint and handling of captive wildlife
- in vitro and other non-animal experiments in the biomedical
sciences
variables in animal based research: part 1. phenotypic variability
in experimental animals
- Variables in animal based research: part 2. variability
associated with experimental conditions and techniques
- The importance of non-statistical design in refining animal
experiments
- Frogs and toads as experimental animals
- Pain- assessment, alleviation and avoidance in laboratory
animals
- Development and use of trans-genic rodents in preclinical
research — practical issues
- Doing better animal experiments; together with notes on
genetic nomenclature of laboratory animals
- Managing fallow deer ( Dama dama ) and red deer
( Cervus elaphus ) for animal house research.
- Practical guidelines for the maintenance and management
of small animal surgical facilities within a research laboratory,
including recommendations for the application and conduct
of aseptic surgery on rodents and lagomorphs
- The Role of Veterinarians in the Care and Use of Animals
in Research and Teaching
- Practical guidelines for aseptic surgery in rodents and
the management of surgical facilities in a laboratory
- Ethical guidelines for students using animals or animal
tissues for educational purposes
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NHMRC Guidelines
Guidelines
on Monoclonal Antibody Production 2008 Current
Guidelines
to promote the wellbeing of animals used for scientific
purposes: The assessment and alleviation of pain and distress
in research animals 2008 Current
Guidelines
for the generation, breeding, care and use of genetically
modified and cloned animals for scientific purposes
2007 Current
Australian
Code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific
purposes 7th Edition 2004 2004 Current Under Review
Policy
on the care and use of non-human primates for scientific
purposes 2003 Under Review
NHMRC
Guidelines on the use of animals for training surgeons and
demonstrating new surgical equipment and techniques
1997 Under Review
NHMRC
policy on the care of dogs used for scientific purposes
1997 Under Review
NHMRC
policy on the care of cats used for scientific purposes
1997 Under Review
A
guide to the use of Australian native mammals in biomedical
research Sections 4: Care of individual species. Kit form
1995 Under Review
A
guide to the use of Australian native mammals in biomedical
research Sections (1-3) 1990 Under Review
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DPIWE Guidelines
The Department of Primary Industries, Water
and the Environment (DPIWE) also have a number of publications
which may be of interest to researchers – particularly
those using wildlife. These publications can be accessed from
the
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