What were concerns AAALAC reported in 2005?
AAALAC reported to CDC in late 2005 that it was concerned about some practices that did not meet their standards. While many of AAALAC’s findings involved administrative issues, some were serious and involved infection control and animal care issues. For example, they identified instances of multiple ultrasound-directed percutaneous biopsy attempts on a single animal; problems with sipper tubes on some cages that limited access to water, which resulted in the death of two animals from dehydration; and inadequate cage-washing procedures that offered a theoretical risk to animal caretakers and nearby communities. There were also errors in the 2005 AAALAC report, resulting from miscommunications during the 2005 visit. As a result, the report erroneously indicated things such as CDC withheld post-operative medication for a squirrel monkey, limited the amount of food chimps received, and did not have records for the use of veterinary drugs. CDC corrected these misperceptions with AAALAC.
