What OLAW Looks
For: Veterinary Care
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All veterinary programs should provide for the following:
- Access to animals and periodic assessment of their well-being.
- Appropriate facilities, personnel, equipment, and services.
- Treatment of diseases and injuries and the availability of emergency,
weekend, and holiday care.
- Guidelines for animal procurement and transportation.
- Preventive medicine.
- Pre-surgical planning, training, monitoring, and post-surgical
care.
- Pain relief, including analgesics, anesthetics, and tranquilizers.
- Euthanasia. Follow the American
Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines on Euthanasia.
- Drug storage and control.
The attending veterinarian must have the authority to implement
the veterinary care program and oversee the adequacy of other aspects
of animal care and use, e.g., animal husbandry, nutrition, sanitation
practices, and hazard containment.
The size of the veterinary staff depends on the institution and
the size and nature of its animal program. Consultant or part-time
veterinary services may be appropriate for small programs with limited
numbers of animals.
Do not include the veterinarian's resume as an assurance attachment.
Instead, describe the veterinarian's qualifications in the assurance
documentation. Follow the format shown on OLAW's Sample Animal Welfare
Assurance.
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