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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Monitor the health status of research animals
   • Develop standard operating procedures to monitor the health of research animals for signs of disease
   • Follow the organisation's standard operating procedures, including health and safety requirements, when monitoring the health of research animals
2. Investigate and recognise disease processes in research animals
   • Contribute to the development of standard operating procedures to investigate and recognise diseases in research animals
   • Follow the organisation's standard operating procedures to investigate and recognise diseases in research animals
   • Recognise and report signs of ill health, sickness behaviours and pain to appropriate staff
   • Recognise abnormalities in research animals, including during post-mortem examinations, and record against health status of animals
   • Recognise post-mortem changes due to deterioration in tissues and organs.
3. Prevent, treat and control disease in research animals
   • Contribute to the development of standard operating procedures to prevent, treat and control disease in research animals
   • Follow the organisation's standard operating procedures when preventing, treating and controlling a range of diseases in research animals
   • Contribute to development and implementation strategies to investigate, prevent, treat, control and monitor disease
4. Record effects on research animals
   • Recognise and document effects of disease processes in research animals on the research program
   • Recognise and document effects on research animals of experimental techniques