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Non-Human Vertebrates & Work in the Field

Karen Johnson- Nature’s Classroom (Hillsborough)

Karen Getty Stewart- Starkey Park/Cross Bar Ranch

(Pasco)

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Vertebrate Animal Rules:

ISEF pages 12-14

State Supplement page 3

Work in the Field:

ISEF page 13

State Supplement page 6

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Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF page 14)

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Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF page 13)

Requires SRC approval

BEFORE & MUST

include VET or expert

of that species.

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4 R’s

MUST

be in

Research Plan

Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF pages 12)

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Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF pages 12)

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Vertebrate Studies require

SRC approval BEFORE & the SRC MUST include VET or expert of that species.

Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF pages 12)

Research Plan

MUST Include …

as stated on Research Plan / Project Summary, page 33

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Discuss alternatives

Explain impacts

Detail procedures

Detail

Numbers,species,…

Describe housing

Discuss disposition

One reference must be an animal care reference.

Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF pages 12-14)

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Deaths are NOT

permitted & MUST be investigated

Nothing Beyond

Momentary Pain

Or Distress

Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF pages 12)

Maximum weight loss of 15%

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Required SSEF Form:

No deaths due to procedures

Documentation of death by degreed professional with experience in necropsy

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Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF page 13)

Prohibited Studies

Requires direct of supervision QS or DS

Approval of regulatory officials for capture or release

Fishing - catch and release only

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Commercially sourced or invasive species cannot be released into the wild.

Any organism that has been experimented on can NOT be released.

Appropriate

disposal must be

listed in Research Plan.

Students can NOT euthanize animals.

Vertebrate Animal Rules:

SSEF Rules page 3

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Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF page 13)

Required Forms:

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Level of supervision

determined by SRC and approved

prior to experimentation.

Vertebrate Animal Rules:

(ISEF page 40)

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Vertebrate Animal Rules

Required Forms if done at a Regulated Research Institute (RRI):

ISEF Rules p. 14

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PG 41

PG 36

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WORK IN THE FIELD:

SSEF Rules page 6

Requires permission from property owner

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WORK IN THE FIELD:

SSEF Rules page 6

Must document water samples

were NOT

collected during active blooms

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WORK IN THE FIELD:

SSEF Rules page 6

Under

Supervision

of Educator’s Aquatic Collection

Permit

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Hazardous Chemicals, Activities, or Devices:

(SSEF Page 5)

If on or near water, requires SRC