Live Laboratory Animals
UNB Reference Number: 7834
Authorized by: E. Parr-Johnston, President,
Effective Date: (Original Policy Dec. 1/78)
Revised: January 1997
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INTENT: To outline procedures related to the safe handling of live experimental or laboratory animals and associated materials.
SCOPE: All University personnel and students handling live laboratory animals on both campuses.
HAZARD: Live animals present possible sources of danger both directly (through bites and scratches) and indirectly (as potential carriers of infectious diseases).
PROCEDURES:
1. The Animal Care Committee on each campus is responsible for the quality of laboratory animal care at the University and for ensuring compliance with standards established by the Canadian Council on Animal Care (C.C.A.C.) for the care and use of experimental animals.
2. All laboratory animals must be housed, handled and disposed of in accordance with the C.C.A.C. "Guidelines on Animal Care".
3. Completed protocol forms for the use of laboratory animals in research or teaching must be submitted to the appropriate Animal Care Committee prior to:
a) starting new projects
b) changes in animal use procedures, or
c) expiry of previously approved applications.
4. Safety requirements for the use of hazardous materials i.e. chemical carcinogens, infectious agents or radioisotopes in conjunction with animal experimentation are assessed as part of the review for permission to conduct experiments on animals. Proposed animal research involving the use of radioisotopes must have prior approval from the University Radiation Safety Committee.
5. Consultation in methods for animal experimentation, proper animal handling, personal hygiene and appropriate personal protective equipment is provided to faculty, technical staff and students by Animal Care staff or the Committee, as required. Appropriate equipment and procedures must be used at all times when handling live animals. Inexperienced persons must seek the advice of animal attendants before handling any animals.
6. Any person who has been bitten or scratched by an animal, or who has sustained a cut or scratch from contact with a cage or tank, is at risk of infection and must consult Animal Care staff or the Committee who will recommend appropriate measures. Depending upon the extent of the injury and the animal involved, the individual may be referred to a physician. Prior protection may be gained through appropriate immunization which is available from physicians. Immunization for tetanus (DPT-polio) is mandatory for full and part-time Animal Care staff and is highly recommended for all other regular animal users. Immunization for rabies (RIG) is recommended only for those animal users likely to come into contact with wild live animals or carcasses.
7. Further information on the procedures for the use of live laboratory animals may be obtained from:
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Director,
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Chair,
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Pet Animals
UNB Reference Number: 7834A
Authorized by: E. Parr-Johnston, President,
Effective Date: January 1997
Revised: September 2001
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INTENT: To outline policy on pet animals in University buildings and on the grounds.
SCOPE: All University employees, students and visitors on both campuses.
CONCERN: Pet animals may pose a threat to some persons, create a disturbance, foul buildings and grounds, cause allergic reactions and are a potential source of infection to valuable research animals.
POLICY: This policy addresses all animals kept as pets except those animals which cannot survive outside of confinement (ie. fish or other aquarium life). Service dogs for persons with hearing or sight impairment are the only exception to this policy. Animals used for teaching and research are addressed within Policy No. 7834.
The following procedures shall apply to any animal except as excluded above:
1. Pets shall not be permitted inside nor tied outside of academic, administrative or service buildings at any time. This includes regular working hours, after-hours and weekends.
2. Apartment residents within the Fredericton Campus Residence Community who presently have pets may continue to keep pets for the duration of their appointment or the ownership of the pet ie. a pet cannot be replaced. Those apartment dwellers on the Fredericton Campus taking residence after January 1997 will not be permitted to keep pets. Apartment residents on the Saint John campus are not permitted to keep pet animals. Students on both campuses occupying residence rooms are not permitted to have pet animals. Pets are not permitted in Magee House.
3. Pets shall not be permitted on University grounds except when accompanied by a responsible person and restrained by leash or other suitable control mechanism.
4. When pets are on University property, the owner shall be solely responsible for the actions of and any damage or injury caused by the pet. Pets which pose a nuisance by barking or which pose a threat to individuals on campus shall not be permitted to remain on University property.
5. The pet owner shall ensure the pet is, at all times, in compliance with the appropriate city by-laws regarding domestic pet animals. Owners shall be responsible to remove animal waste deposited on University property.
6. Upon complaint by a member of the University community, the Security office will investigate and initiate action to foster compliance with this policy.
7. If any animal is or appears to be a stray, or if the owner can not be found or determined upon investigation by Security, Animal Control will be contacted
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