V2
Feb 2015
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ANIMAL MONITORING SHEET
PROJECT
NAME:_____________________________________________________________
__________
Version Number: XXXXX
Date: DD/MM/YYYY
AEC Project No
Investigator
Cage/Animal ID Number
Species,
Strain
, Sex, Age etc

Amend
this
sheet t
o reflect the
specific
animal model in your experiment i.e. if over 15% weight
loss is expected in the first 2 days of the experiment
(
followed by recovery
)
, justify in your
application and request approval for an increased percentage.

A
ny a
dditional obse
rvations tailored to the monitoring requirements fo
r each experiment are added
i.e
anaemia, prolapsed anus, pregnancy, tumour size and necrosis.

Remove irrelevant clinical signs
, justify and inform committee under Section
3M
onitoring
.

Each animal
must be
examined and observed for abnormalities at each time point (weekly or
daily
,
twice daily,
out of hours
etc
as appropriate)
record time intervals between same day observations.

Observations
must be
recorded in the table
(ref
er
to
scoring
table
)

Normal cl
ini
cal signs are recorded as “0”

S
everity
of each abnormality
must be
scored
,
e
.
g
.,
Breathin
g
3
, Coat 2 , Eyes 0

Comments concerning abnormalities are recorded in the comments section
of the table

Surgical site
appearance must be checked daily until completel
y healed.
CLINICAL OBSERVATION
(0 and above
)
DATES
and TIMES
UNDISTURBED
Activity
Alert/Sleeping
Breathing
Coat
Drinking
Eating
Movement/gait
ON HANDLING
Alert
Body
condition
Body
weight (g)
Percentage weigh
t
loss%
Breathing
Dehydration
Eyes
Faeces
Nose
Vocalisation
Surgical site appearance
TOTAL SCORE
COMMENTS
Signature of investigator/manager
Date
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