Which of the following sets of IACUC members are required by the AWA and/or PHS?
A. A practicing scientist with experience in animal research, person who is not a scientist, person who is not affiliated with the organization, and public relations specialist.
B. A public relations specialist, veterinarian, person who is not a scientist, and person who is not affiliated with the organization.
C. A public relations specialist,
veterinarian, practicing scientist with experience in animal research, and person who is not a scientist.
D. A veterinarian, practicing scientist with experience in animal research, person who is not a scientist, and person who is not affiliated with the organization.
A
Category E of the USDA report form applies to " animals upon which teaching, experiments, research, surgery or tests were conducted involving accompanying pain or distress to the animals and for which the use of appropriate anesthetic, analgesic, or tranquilizing drugs would have adversely affected the procedures, results, or interpretation of the teaching, research, experiments, surgery, or tests."
Who at an institution has the authority to suspend a procedure involving animals for reasons of non compliance?
Who regulates the IACUC?
Who approves animal use protocols?
Who are the members of the IACUC committee?
IACUC roles | Current Roster |
Chair | Carmine Rossi, MD Chief, Gastroenterology |
Veterinarian | Gina Diaz, DVM Attending Veterinarian SRS Committee Member |
Scientist | Linda Sharp, MD Surgery Service R&D Committee Member |
Scientist | Ravi Patel, PhD VA Research Scientist Professor, Neuroscience Megapolis University |