Form 1 Poll questions

OMB # 0925-0648 Expiration Date: June 30, 2024

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1. Do you use enrichment in the aquarium?

A. No and I do not want to

B. No but I would like to

C. Yes in all tanks

D. Yes but only in some tanks/situation

2. What is the main reason you use enrichment?

A. Improves welfare and/or health

B. Guidance from ethical committee

C. Complying with laboratory practice or manager’s instructions

D. None of these

3. If you do not use enrichment, what is main reason?

A. Does not comply with laboratory practice or guidance

B. Hygiene – increase in pathogen load due to biofilms

C. Time – increase in staff time needed for cleaning

D. Researchers object to the use of enrichment

E. Increased cost of enrichment

4. Do you use any of the following to ensure or monitor animal welfare? Which is the main indicator or criterion for implementing euthanasia?

A. Behavioural changes

B. Body Condition

C. Age cut off e.g. 18 months

D. Do not use any of the above

5. Do you use analgesia (pain relieving drugs) during or after invasive procedures (e.g. fin clipping or surgery)?

A. Yes routinely in all invasive (tissue damaging) procedures

B. Sometimes in some invasive procedures when directed by the researcher

C. Not at all

D. I would like to but researchers say no