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They should ensure timely, direct, frequent, and accurate reporting of animal concerns,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The mechanisms should ensure concerns associated with animal health, behavior, and well-being are captured, and that appropriate treatment or euthanasia is administered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email, telephone, on-site visit logs, and the like are all acceptable mechanisms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provisions for emergency coverage when the veterinarian is not available must be included as part of the mechanism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The PSV must communicate with the UAV regularly. The UAV must oversee veterinary care provided\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Communication should Include details of unexpected deaths, chronic\/ongoing medical, or biosecurity issues that may impact animals owned by NC State University.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <em>Clinical Animal Health Report<\/em> filled out within 72 hrs is the required communication method for all research and teaching animals.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emergency veterinary care must be provided as appropriate. As soon as practical, inform the UAV along with reporting agencies.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animal health SOPs must be developed in conjunction with the UAV\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SOPs are used to ensure appropriate husbandry, handling, medical treatment, immobilization, sedation, analgesia, anesthesia, and euthanasia are administered when not covered by an IACUC-approved protocol.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Training must be documented for non-veterinary staff that administers SOP treatments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animal health SOPs must have documented review by the UAV.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make all applicable SOPs physically or electronically available for review and signing by UAV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4th edition of The Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching p.9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8th edition of The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, p. 106.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animal Welfare Regulations -9 CFR AWR Subpart C -2.33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose The University Attending Veterinarian (UAV) may delegate authority to the Primary Site Veterinarian (PSV) to ensure animal health, well-being, and the provisions of the animal care program are met.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1204,"featured_media":0,"parent":1502,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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