Monitoring and record keeping
| Title | Developing strategies for assessing, minimising and monitoring pain and distress (pdf, 1.65mb) |
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| Source | Guidelines to promote the well-being of animals used for scientific purposes (National Health and Medical Research Council, 2008) |
| Part | Section II, 4.7 |
| Status | Guidelines |
| Description | A practical accompaniment to the more universal principles identified within the Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes. This particular section (Section II, 4.7) examines how specific signs of abnormality are identified and how to develop a robust monitoring strategy. Table 4.2 (p. 37-41) lists signs of pain and/or distress by species. |
| Title | Monitoring and records (pdf, 699kb) |
| Source | Code of practice for the housing and care of laboratory mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits (Victorian Department of Primary Industries, 2004) |
| Section | Section 3.10 and Appendices 4-10 |
| Status | Mandatory standard/Guidelines |
| Description | The Code establishes minimum standards for the care and housing of laboratory animals in Victoria. Section 3.10 includes generic minimum standards for monitoring and record keeping, while Appendices 4-10 give examples of monitoring sheets. |
| Title | Monitoring your animals |
| Source | Melbourne Research Office website |
| Status | Help and advice |
| Description | Discusses the monitoring responsibilities of researchers at the University, as well as identifying the features of a good monitoring sheet. Two sample monitoring sheets are included. |
| Title | Guidelines on record keeping in approved projects (pdf, 29kb) |
| Source | University of Melbourne, 2005 |
| Status | Guidelines/Mandatory standards |
| Description | Guidelines providing specific examples of the types of records that should be maintained for each animal ethics project approved at the University. Material is divided into policy, which must be followed and guidelines, which are the suggested means of implementation. |
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