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
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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
The following NHMRC publications are currently available from the NHMRC website:
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Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes
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Policy on the care and use of non-human primates for scientific purposes
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NHMRC Guidelines on the use of animals for training surgeons and demonstrating new surgical equipment and techniques
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NHMRC policy on the care of dogs used for scientific purposes
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Guidelines on Monoclonal Antibody Production (24p)
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A guide to the use of Australian native mammals in biomedical research Sections 4: Care of individual species. Kit form (66p) UNDER REVIEW
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A guide to the use of Australian native mammals in biomedical research (Sections 1–3) (46p)
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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 DPIWE website search-engine. |
