What must a facility maintain regarding veterinary care records?

• A. Records of financial expenditures and inventory management.
• B. Records of veterinary examinations, treatments, health monitoring, procedures, and timely available oversight for the IACUC and investigators.
• C. Annual vaccination logs only.
• D. Facility maintenance schedules for animal housing and care

Answer: (B)

Maintaining comprehensive veterinary care records that document every veterinary examination, treatment, health monitoring, and procedural intervention, and ensuring those records are readily available for oversight by the IACUC and investigators, is essential. These records provide a clear, ongoing account of each animal’s health and care, support timely clinical decisions, and enable proper review during inspections or audits. They ensure accountability and compliance with animal welfare and regulatory standards.

Records focused only on financial expenditures and inventory don’t capture the animals’ health status or the care they receive. A vaccination log by itself covers preventive measures but omits ongoing examinations, treatments, and monitoring that track an animal’s condition over time. Facility maintenance schedules address housing and environmental factors but not veterinary care. Therefore, the most accurate and complete answer is the set of records that includes veterinary examinations, treatments, health monitoring, procedures, and timely availability for IACUC and investigators.