Table 14.

Outcome table on killing with ‘lethal injection’: hazards (with the No. of the section in which hazard's full description is provided), welfare consequences and relevant welfare indicators; hazard's origin and preventive and corrective measures

Hazard	Welfare consequence/s occurring to the rabbits due to the hazard	Hazard origin/s	Hazard origin specification	Preventive measure/s of hazards (implementation of SOP)	Corrective measure/s of the hazards
Manual restraint (see Section 3.6.1.5)	Pain, fear	Staff	Presentation of rabbits to the method is required	None	None
Inappropriate route of administration (see Section 3.6.1.13)	Not dead, consciousness, pain, distress	Staff	Lack of skilled operators, inappropriate restraint, selection of wrong route of administration	Staff training, follow the manufacturer's instructions, use appropriate restraint	Adjust the route of administration
Sublethal dose (see Section 3.6.1.14)	Not dead, consciousness, fear, distress,	Staff	Administration of wrong dose of drug	Staff training, read the manufacturer's instructions to calculate dose appropriate to species/rabbit live weight	Inject with right amount of drug
Welfare indicators: signs of state of consciousness (conscious), signs of death (not dead), vocalisations (pain, fear), escape attempts (fear, pain, consciousness)