A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a details description of a standardised procedure or process.
The UniSQ AEC allows for SOPs relating to the care and use of animals to be submitted for review. Researchers can reference UniSQ AEC approved SOPs in an application negating the need to describe a procedure.
An SOP is required to be reviewed by the UniSQ AEC within three years of the last approval date. If approval for SOP lapses, the SOP is suspended and any projects using the SOP will also be suspended until the SOP is reviewed and approved by the UniSQ AEC.
Standard Operating Procedures
Wildlife
| Status | Version |
Approval date | Expiry Date | SOP details |
| Approved | 1.1 | 14 April 2022 | 14 April 2025 | WL001 Wildlife survey – sand plot |
| Approved | 0.3 | 15 September 2023 | 15 September 2026 | WL002 Pipe Trapping |
| Approved | 0.2 | 11 May 2023 |
11 May 2026 | WL003 Photographing small vertebrates |
| Approved | 1.0 | 24 August 2023 | 24 August 2026 | WL004 Ear notching (small mammals) |
| Approved | 1.0 | 18 August 2023 | 18 August 2026 | WL005 Removing amphibians from pitfall traps |
| Approved | 1.0 | 24 August 2023 | 24 August 2026 | WL006 Removing small reptiles from pitfall traps |
| Approved | 1.0 | 24 August 2023 | 24 August 2026 | WL007 Removing small mammals from pitfall traps |
| Approved | 1.0 | 15 February 2024 | 15 February 2027 | WL008 Pouch checking small female marsupials |
| Approved | 1.0 | 19 October 2023 | 19 October 2026 | WL009 Microchipping cane toads |
| Approved | 1.0 | 24 October 2023 | 24 October 2026 | WL010 Handling cane toads |
| Approved | 1.0 | 19 October 2023 | 19 October 2026 | WL011 Euthanasia of cane toads |
| Approved | 1.0 | 24 August 2023 | 24 August 2026 | WL012 Dry pitfall trapping for vertebrates |
| Approved | 1.0 | 15 February 2024 | 15 February 2027 | WL013 Development of the Mata Hari Judas female |
| Approved | 0.0 | 29 April 2021 | 29 April 2024 | WL014 Use of the Vennel by a Mata Hari Judas female |
| Approved | 0.1 | 6 August 2024 | 6 August 2027 | WL015 Euthanasia of small mammals |
| Approved | 1.0 | 11 April 2024 | 11 April 2027 | WL016 Development of the Mata Hari Judas queen |
| Approved | 0.1 | 6 August 2024 | 6 August 2027 | WL017 Use of the Vennel by a Mata Hari Judas queen |
| Approved | 0.1 | 6 August 2024 | 6 August 2027 | WL018 Fitting GPS tracking collars to feral cats |
| Approved | 0.1 | 3 November 2021 | 3 November 2024 |
WL019 The use of box & cage traps |
| Approved | 0.1 | 3 November 2021 |
3 November 2024 |
WL020 The use of camera traps |
| Approved | 0.1 | 3 November 2021 |
3 November 2024 |
WL021 Spotlighting of wildlife |
| Approved | 0.1 | 18 November 2021 | 18 November 2024 | WL022 Microchipping mammals |
| Approved | 0.0 | 3 November 2021 | 3 November 2024 | WL023 Temporary marking of animals |
Raptors
| Status | Version |
Approval date | Expiry Date | SOP details |
| Approved | 1.0 | 11 April 2024 | 11 April 2027 | RMT005 Baited camera station survey |
| Approved | 0.2 | 6 August 2024 | 6 August 2027 | RMT006 GPS tagging & release of rehabilitated eagles |
| Approved | 1.0 | 11 April 2024 | 11 April 2027 | RMT008 Recovery of GPS tags from injury individuals and cadavers (raptors) |
| Approved |
0.0 | 10 February 2022 | 10 February 2025 | RMT009 Installation of nest cameras |
| Approved |
0.0 | 10 February 2022 | 10 February 2025 | RMT010 In-person nest observations |
Livestock
| Status | Version | Approval date | Expiry date | SOP details |
| Approved | 0.0 | 1 September 2022 | 1 September 2025 | LS001 Cattle Handling |
| Approved | 0.0 | 1 September 2022 | 1 September 2025 | LS002 Sheep Handling |
| Approved | 0.0 | 11 May 2023 | 11 May 2026 | LS004 Implanting a percutaneous thermal sensing (PTSM) microchip into the pectoral muscle of horses |