I Vet 210, Laboratory and Zoo Animals, 1 semester hour

II Spring Semester 2004

III No Prerequisites

COURSE IV. An introduction to laboratory animals most commonly used in research. The DESC. course will include identification procedures, husbandry, housing, sanitation,

diseases and parasites of laboratory animals. The course will also include laboratory sessions, where students will gain hands on experience handling living animals and performing routine procedures with laboratory animals.

TEXT V. Manual for Assistant Laboratory Animal Technicians by Stephen and Patton.

COURSE VI. The student will become familiar with commonly used research animals including

OBJ. their nutritional needs, mating habits, diseases, and housing equipment needed. He/she will also realize the importance of accurate record keeping.

METHODS

INST. VII. Lecture, slide presentation, and hands on experience.

COURSE

REQ. VIII. Attendance to lectures, required reading assignments.

METHODS IX. Daily assignments must be in on time. They will comprise 50% of the total grade.

OF EVAL. The care of the lab animals and class attendance and participation comprise 20%.

A take home final exam will comprise 30% of the grade.

UNITS X. Genetics and Mating Systems

OF Nutrition and Metabolism

Animal Health and Disease

Housing and Equipment Design

Sanitation, Hygiene, and Safety

Physiological Parameters, Breeds, Strains, and Behavioral Traits of :

a. rat

b. mouse

c. gerbil

d. guinea pig

e. rabbit

f. non-human primate

Veterinary Pharmacology, Anesthesia, and Euthanasia

Record Keeping, Shipping and Receiving Animals

Gnotobiology, Germ-free Animal Techniques, and Animal Experimental

Techniques

DATE OF

REVISION XI. January 2004