Introduction to Laboratory Animal Science and Technology

Introduction

Organization

Study breakdown

Pre-Study Unit


0.1. Introduction to laboratory animals


0.2. Introduction to laboratory mammals


0.3. Introduction to laboratory non-mammals

Unit 1: Animal accommodation


1.1. Animal houses


1.2. Animal house rooms


1.3. Animal cages


1.4. Animal pens


1.5. Aquaria


1.6. Terraria (vivaria)


1.7. Project program (construction materials)

Unit 2: Animal Care Routines


2.1. "Conventional" animal house duties


2.2. "Barrier maintained" animal house


2.3. "Expérimental" animal house duties


2.4. Work allocation


2.5. Time allocation


2.6. Record keeping


2.7. Routine work with non-mammal species


2.8. Identification methods for individual animals


2.9. Transporting animals


2.10. Hazards in the animal house


2.11. Practical program (bedding, instruments)

Unit 3: Animal Health and Hygiene


3.1. Parasites and pests


3.2. Eradication and control of pests


3.3. Cleaning and sterilizing


3.4. Animal diseases


3.5. Signs of ill health


3.6. Zoonoses


3.7. Animal body defenses


3.8. Specific pathogen-free animals


3.9. Gnotobiotics


3.10. Categories of laboratory reared mammals


3.11. Practical program (aseptic techniques)

Unit 4: Diets, Feeding, and Drinking


4.1. Nutritional requirements


4.2. Diets


4.3. The value of nutrients


4.4. Water and drinking equipment


4.5. Feeding equipment


4.6. Fish foods and feeding


4.7. Practical program (food testing, digestive, and excretory systems and the use of the metabolic cage)

Unit 5: Reproduction, Breeding, and Heredity


5.1. Anatomy of the mammal reproductive organs


5.2. Physiology of mammal reproduction


5.3. Mating


5.4. Breeding and the environment


5.5. Pregnancy and pseudopregnancy


5.6. Parturition


5.7. Lactation and weaning


5.8. Breeding programs


5.9. Basic animal genetics


5.10. Rearing non-mammals in the laboratory


5.11. Practical program (handling and sexing mammals)

Unit 6: Legal Requirements, Anesthesia, Laboratory Procedures and Euthanasia


6.1. The "Cruelty to Animals Act", 1876 (UK)


6.2. The "Animal Welfare Act", 1970 (USA)


6.3. Anesthesia


6.4. Dosing, injection, and collection procedures


6.5. Euthanasia


6.6. Practical program (techniques of anesthesia and euthanasia)


7: Data Capsules


7.1. Animal data


7.2. Outline classification of the animal kingdom


7.3. Numerical data


7.4. Chemical data


7.5. Safety data


8: Self-Testing Exercises


9: Bibliography


10: Contact Addresses


11: Glossary and Index