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Session Eight: Available Take-Home Resources
Pages 83-86

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From page 83...
... In fact, Sikes explained, this is an issue that the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) emphasizes in its guidelines for the use of wild mammals in research: any activity involving the capture of wild mammals should be subject to IACUC review to determine whether the activity meets this regulatory definition of a field study; and if not found to be an exempted activity in the context of the AWA definition of a "field study," then to provide appropriate IACUC oversight for the use of wild mammals in that type of research, he added.
From page 84...
... In addition to consultations, inviting individuals with fish and wildlife experience to join IACUCs could facilitate a broader understanding of the key differences in processes and protocols involved in wildlife research, as compared with traditional biomedical laboratory AUP, Stoskopf suggested. He added that experts could serve as resources and can facilitate conversations between IACUCs and investigators to prevent misunderstandings that may impede wildlife animal care, research, permits, or funding.
From page 85...
... Sikes stressed the importance of updating the taxon guidelines and being peer-reviewed, not just by taxon experts, but with input from other professions as they have relevant insights to offer. Sikes found that adding wildlife veterinarians to the ASM's ACUC added valuable information that was lacking from previous versions, and he encouraged other taxon societies to consider similar additions to their committees.
From page 86...
... Greer agreed and advocated for educating field biologists and IACUCs on trapping and finished by saying that IACUCs could be encouraged to think about wildlife protocols in an insightful manner where they often have no analogue in biomedical research practices. Sikes addressed another challenge where IACUCs, investigators, and oversight bodies need to realize that there is a gradation between laboratory animal studies and studies of totally free-ranging animals.


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