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Several expired or improperly labeled medications were found during the inspection: **A box of Bordetella bronchiseptica Intranasal vaccines, which expired 05 Aug 2013, were found in the refrigerator with the current supply of vaccines and other refrigerated medications. **A syringe that had been labeled with pen with what appeared to be "Buprenorphine" didn't have an expiration date or was so difficult to read that it could not be determined. **Two bottles of hydrogen peroxide were found to be expired as of 08/2014. **A bottle of injectable Banamine (exp. 7/2014) was comingled with current medications in the lock box in the large animal barn and the Drug Expiration Monthly Check Form on this box showed it checked by a veterinarian on 8/21/14 and 9/2/14. **The refrigerated drug supply in the large animal barn had an unlabeled syringe with a pink fluid, a box of Tetanus Antitoxin vials that expired 15 Jul 2014, Intervet Equine Vaccination vial (exp. 15 Aug 2014), and 2 vials of Tetanus Toxoid (1 exp. 23 Aug 14, 1 exp 19 Jul 14). The Drug Expiration Monthly Check Form for this refrigerator had not been marked as being checked since 5/14. The facility has a program to check drug stores for medical materials that are expired to remove them from current drug storage but does not appear to be adequate to detect and remove expired medical materials from drug storage areas to prevent their use which would not be an appropriate method to prevent, control, and treat diseases and injuries since the expected results cannot be guaranteed and the animals may experience pain and distress due to mistreatment, unrelieved symptoms, or due to unexpected side effects. Each research facility shall establish and maintain programs of adequate veterinary care that include: the use of appropriate methods to prevent, control, diagnose, and treat diseases and injuries.

A Basenji-mix dog named Hudson, ID# 982000362183995, was noted by the APHIS AC VMO to be holding his left hind foot up while in his primary enclosure. The dog was removed from the enclosure for examination and the left hind foot was found to be swollen and pink when compared to the right hind foot. The dog would bear weight on the foot but frequently held it up in the air and seemed tender when the foot was touched. No one had noted this problem before the APHIS AC VMO had identified the problem. The slatted floor in the primary enclosure had gaps that were wide enough to allow the toes of this dog and another adjacent Boston terrier dog's toes to pass down into the gaps, posing a risk of injury to the toes and feet. The facility does have rubber mats that can be placed in the primary enclosures to protect the dog's feet but had not put mats in these two enclosures. Hudson's left hind foot appears to have been injured by the gaps in the slatted floor. Primary enclosures must be constructed and maintained so that they:have floors that are constructed in a manner that protects the dogs' and cats' feet and legs from injury, and that, if of mesh or slatted construction, do not allow the dogs' and cats' feet to pass through any openings in the floor. To be corrected by 9/16/2014.