ANIMAL HOUSING AND MANAGEMENT

Purpose: To assess animal housing facilities and management of their animals

Method: visit to the animal facility and review relevant documentation and reports. Use one assessment form per each facility. This should
be used alongside assessment of ANIMAL-BASED ASSESSMENT
Audit Information:
Institution name: Auditor:
Corresponding person: Date:
Previous audit -
date:

General Information:
DESCRIPTION √ COMMENTS DOCS Obtained Score
Are facilities centrally managed?
Are there SOPs for maintenance and
management of animal facilities?
Hospitals SOPs? Adequate of welfare?
Do all staff/students know it?
Appropriate hygiene practice and sterile
techniques/facilities available
What are the records available?
(including room/facilities booking
history?) are they systematically
managed?
Number of animals the facility is
capable of holding? Number of animals
coming through per year?
Complains handling process?
(complaints about vets, students,
animals, etc)
Response to previous assessment
finding? Any compliance issues? How
were they dealt with?
Information provided to vets/trainers on
what does/doesn`t need AEC. IACUC
approval accurate?
Check monitoring, emergency and out
of hours procedures and responsibilities

ITEM DESCRIPTION DOCS Score

Obtained
1.1. Nutrition i. Suitable diet (species, age, stage,
intervention level)
ii. Food storage (cool, vermin-proof)
iii. Supplements, if needed (e.g. Vit C and E
requirements for guinea pigs)
iv. Feeding consideration for
handicapped/young animals
v. Format and presentation appropriate (e.g.
foraging needs, enrichment, adequate
fibre levels)
1.2. Water i. Potable and available at all times
ii. Flooding prevented, dry areas only
 iii. Supplements if needed- e.g. Vit C water
provision-non-copper water delivery
iv. Water containers appropriate/robust
(separate to those used for enrichment-ie,
baths)
2. Animal i. Min-space
enclosures ii. Compatible with known animals needs
iii. Durable, comfortable, good repair,
escape proof
iv. Cleanliness
v. Animals rooms/yards/stable clean, tidy,
vermin-proof, in good repair to facilitate
effective cleaning
Room secure to ovoid escape
Floor clean:
 trip hazards
 places for escaped animals to hide
2.1. Materials i. Safe and non-tocix, comfortable,
and Design withstand cleaning agents
ii. Easy monitoring enabled
iii. Nesting box and material for breeding
animals
iv. If wire, solid mat also
v. If wood, not treated, not sharp,
broken/injurious
vi. Vectors of diseases controlled
 vii. Restraint facilities-yard, crush cages
suitable and safe
2.2. Space i. Adequate space and stocking density for
requirements exercise, social stability or single
animals, breed, age, growth stage
 Breeding mice pair- 300 cm2 per
pair
 Upright posture for M, R,
Rabbits
ii. Adequate area for separate rest and
dunging
iii. Note confinement structures-crates,
cages, and measurements, time held
iv. If barn held, any outdoor exercise areas?
2.3. Social i. Social housing for social species,
requirements justification if not?
ii. Mitigation of isolation or deprivation-eg
enrichment, suitable human contact,
other?
iii. Check max time isolated

2.4. Bedding i. Bedding material provided and

and nesting and appropriate
furniture ii. Nesting material for breeding animals
iii. Materials-safe, absorbent, low allergic,
free from contaminants and vermin
iv. Animal bedding appropriately changed
so animals kept dry, comfortable, clean
 v. Retreat areas for mothers and young, if
needed
2.5. Special i. Animals with special requirements
requirements present, identified?
ii. Note if albino, immunocompromised
(nude mice etc), post- surgery, disease, or
drug affected
iii. Provision of cage `enrichment` if barrier
requirements (eg. IVCs, social isolation)
iv. Animals able to perform species-specific
activities including sufficient exercise
and foraging
v. Biosecurity (zoonotic disease, NHP).
3.1. Temperature i. Room temperature recording-daily,
and humidity max & min Room temperature alarm
ii. Special condition for very aged, young
thermoregulatory impaired animals-
clearly displayed?
iii. Shade/shelter available for outdoor
enclosures?
iv. Humidity within acceptable range (40-
70% for lab species)- note to
respiratory conditions
3.2. Ventilation and i. Draught free, fresh or conditioned air in
Air quality rooms (approx.. 10-20 ACH) or
individually ventilated cages (IVC)
ii. Room-Instantaneous nor average
ammonia concentration < 25 ppm
 iii. Smallest unit animal housing-
Instantaneous nor average ammonia
concentration < 25 ppm. NB consider
temperature, RH. (note-
recommendations for rabbits)
iv. Ventilation systems regulatory
serviced, alarms tested
3.3. Noise No excessive noise (no minimum standards)
3.4. Light i. Max light intensity at 1 m is 350 lux,
except albino animals (light meter)
ii. Opportunity to withdraw to lower
intensities-tunnels, darkned
areas/nesting box etc
iii. Periods of daily light and dark provide-
photoperiods?
iv. Access to daylight for non-human
primates
v. Suitability to the species (nocturnal
animals)
3.5. Emergency i. Able to detect smoke/fire, power
plans & Alarm interruption, or breakdown of essential
systems systems (ventilation, temp control etc-
especially IVCs, plants
(chillers/broilers), electronic
equipment)?
ii. Emergencies plan in place? (eg. Battery
backup or generators, emergency
contact to engineer etc)
 iii. Alarm tested regularly, notifying
correct people
iv. Essential service backup tested
regurlarly (generator switchover, chiller
switchover)
v. Fuel present for generator, UPS
(uninterrupted power supply) for alarm
systems?
vi. Disease outbreak? (e.g. rabies) have
plans?
4.1. Behavioural i. Animal able to perform species specific
requirements activities including opportunity for
sufficient exercise (note approx. 10-
promote for phenotype reporting)
ii. Provision of nest boxes if intend to
breed breeding animals
iii. Monitoring for abnormal behaviour,
stereotypies & effects (during
experimental protocols)
Other?
4.2. Environmental i. Items or management to facilitate
`enrichment`/co normal behaviours provides?
mplexity ii. Above provision-save, practical and
actually fulfil animal needs?

5. Maintenance and i. Animals Room- clean, tidy, vermin

Hygiene proof, in good repair to facilitate
effective cleaning
 ii. Animal bedding appropriately changed
so animals kept dry, comfortable, clean
Other-check livestock yards, races, crush etc
6. Handling and i. Training provision or access for animal
Basic house personnel lecturers and
Procedures investigators for component handling,
basic procedures and AEC approved
procedures as required. Training
register?
ii. Procedures appropriate for age and state
animals NB-note I retro-orbital
bleeding without GA, using animals for
Abs production, can promote
saphenous, facial bleeding, ear notch,
buccal cell genotyping, refinements
7. Health i. Appropriate animal health monitoring
Monitoring program (nb also appropriate for annual
interpretation of disease/death
assessment). Use of sentinels should be
covered by AEC/IACUC approval
ii. Appropriate animal health policy
iii. approved procedure for prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of disease and
for quarantine
iv. Appropriate health monitoring re
negative impact project activities
v. Appropriate biosecurity/biohazard
containment (nb also adiation, GM,
 infectious disease etc)

8. Transportation i-v. Check SOP for domestic/internal and

external transportation plus check transport
container/vehicles where possible-nb
specially for local transport
if no SOP- any suitable guidelines followed?
Other-care transport of pregnant animals
(refer to Farm codes for guidance)
9. Euthanasia i. Are the general principles of the national
legislation (as minimum) and/or
internationally recognized standards (e.g.
from World Animal protection) adopted in
the euthanasia method/policy?

- Humane method-see nb
- Competent person
- Quiet, clean, isolated environment
and death confirmed
- Appropriate euthanasia or care for
dependent neonates
- Appropriate method for
developmental stage and
confirmation of death prior to
disposal

Note any unacceptable methods

10. Monitoring and i. System of recording of animal breeding
Record implemented? Nb. SOPs- are they
regularly reviewed by the AEC?
ii. 4 year retention of animal record
iii. Records and SOPs readily accessible
for audit
iv. Project monitoring responsibilities
recorded- ie. Who monitored note on
monitoring sheet

labeling
 Special care need
 Experimental vs stock animals
 Responsible researcher/AEC/IACUC
approval number
 Emergency contacts (per room or
project)
 ANIMAL-BASED ASSESSMENT

Purpose: To assess the welfare of animals within a housing facility or while in use of a procedure/teaching
Method: animals are assessed directly during a visit/observation. Assessment of animals in housing facility should be done with assessment
of THE HOUSING AND MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT. Animals-based measurement should be consideration at all levels,
and resource-based assessment taken when animal-based measures are inadequate.
Experience/knowledge of specific-species requirement may be needed for thorough assessment

General Information
DESCRIPTION COMMENTS DOCS Obtained Score
Are animal’s DESCRIPTION
WELFARE welfare constantly COMMENTS DOCS Score
assessed?
Principles How? Obtaine
Numbers of animals and species d
1. Good i. Absence of prolonged hunger
Feeding
ii. Absence of prolonged thirst
2. Good i. Comfort around resting
Housing ii. Thermal comfort
iii. Ease movement

3. Good i. Absence of injuries

Health ii. Absence of disease
iii. Absence of pain induced by
management procedures
4. Appropriate i. Expression of social
Behaviour behaviours
ii. Expression of other behaviours
(natural behaviours)
iii. Good human-animal
relationship
iv. Positive emotional state
(qualitative behavioural
assessment)
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