Lesson 3: Research Mandates

Question 1

The humane treatment of animals used in research, research training, and biological testing is mainly regulated by two federal agencies?

Answer 1

*The United States department of agriculture (USDA)/animal care
*The national institutes of health (NIH)/office of laboratory animal welfare (OLAW) if institution holds a Public Health Service (PHS) animal welfare assurance.

Question 2

Since fish are poikilotherms, are they subject to regulations promulgated by the USDA under Animal Welfare Act?

Answer 2

No, but they are covered by public health service (PHS)

Question 3

If institution receives funding from PHS, your research must also comply with?

Answer 3

National Research Council (NRC) publication, the guide for the care and use of laboratory animals (The Guide).

Question 4

NIH issued, in February 2023, a notice to?

Answer 4

Encourage award recipients to include the animal research: reporting in viv experiments form, which are essential elements of study design.

Question 4

The United States department of the interior (USDOI) delegates responsibility for?

Answer 4

Oversight of threatened or endangered fish in international and interstate commerce to its fish and wildlife services (FWS).

Question 5

Regulations imposed by CITES or endangered species act categorize what?

Answer 5

Different species according to the degree to which the wild populations are at risk of extinction, and they establish rules for trading in such species or prohibit trade altogether.