1st Edition

Laboratory Mouse and Laboratory Rat Procedural Techniques Manuals and DVDs

    Despite the fact that the majority of research animals are rodents, the trainers at the Research Animal Resources Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found training material on the proper handling of mice and rats in biomedical research to be limited. So, they developed videos, narratives, pictures, and text to teach common handling, injection, and bleeding techniques.

    The resulting DVDs and supporting manuals are complete training resources and refreshers for lab animal veterinarians, veterinary technicians, animal care staff, trainers, and researchers working with mice and rats.

    Each DVD Provides:

    • Narrated video clips that demonstrate and describe each procedural technique
    • Easy navigation to desired techniques, including handling/transfer, oral gavage, blood draw, restraint, injection, and ear notching and tagging

    Each Manual Includes:

    • Full text narratives and procedural handouts with full-color illustrations of each technique included on the DVD—including purpose and application of the procedure, recommended skills, and necessary supplies
    • Supplementary chapters that provide normative data for the laboratory rat and mouse

    Buy the set and save! Two Manuals and Two DVDs

    Also available as individual volumes:

    Laboratory Mouse Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD
    Catalog no. K12294, November 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5042-8

    Laboratory Rat Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD
    Catalog no. K12295, November 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5044-2

     

    This Set Consists of Two Manuals and Two DVDs

    Laboratory Mouse Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD (Catalog no. K12294)

    Section I: DVD and Voice-Over: Disease Management
    Mouse Handling/Transfer
    Mouse Restraint
    Oral Gavage
    One-Handed Injection Technique
    Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One person
    Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
    Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection
    Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
    Maxillary Bleed
    Pedal Vein Blood Draw
    Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
    Tail Vein Injection
    Retro-Orbital Bleed: Anesthesia Required
    Retro-Orbital Injections: Anesthesia Required
    Ear Notching
    Ear Tagging

    Section II: Mouse Procedural Technique Handouts
    Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection
    Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection
    Maxillary Bleed
    Oral Gavage
    Pedal Vein Blood Draw
    Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
    Retro-orbital Blood Draw
    Retro-orbital Injection
    Tail Vein Injection
    Ear Notching/Punch & Ear Tags
    The Mouse (Mus musculus) Class Outline: The Research Mouse
    Normative Data
    Research Animal Resources Center—Training Division: Normative Data for the Laboratory Mouse
    Appendix: Blood Volume

    Laboratory Rat Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD (Catalog no. K12295)

    Section I: DVD and Voice-Over: Disease Management
    Rat Handling/Transfer
    Rat Handling/Restraint
    One-Handed Injection Technique
    Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One-Person
    Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: Two-person
    Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
    Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
    Pedal Vein Blood Draw
    Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
    Oral Gavage
    Jugular Bleed (Two-Person)
    Tail Artery Blood Draw
    Tail Vein Injection
    Ear Notching
    Ear Tagging

    Section II: Rat Procedural Technique Handouts
    Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection
    Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection: Towel Method
    Jugular Bleed
    Oral Gavage
    Pedal Vein Blood Draw
    Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
    Tail Artery Blood Draw
    Tail Vein Injection
    Ear Notch/Punch & Ear Tags
    The Rat (Rattus norvegicus): The Research Rat
    Research Animal Resources Center—Training Division: Normative Data for the Laboratory Rat
    Appendix: Blood Volume

    Biography

    John BogdanskeAfter graduating from Augustana College, John started his research career in 1986 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Nutritional Sciences working with dietary fiber and the nutritional value of common foods. In 1991 he moved to the School of Veterinary Medicine on the Madison campus to take the position of Lab Manager in the Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory (CORL), Department of Medical Sciences. The CORL's mission was to investigate fundamental orthopaedic problems that affected either animals or humans in order to identify the mechanisms that cause disease or to develop treatments that would enhance the lives of individuals affected with these diseases. In 2004 he joined the Research Animal Resources Center (RARC) as a Training Coordinator. Along with Scott, Margaret and Beth, he helps develop, manage, and present a comprehensive training program to all UW-Madison research animal users and related staff. John is an active member of Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange (LAWTE) and the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS). John spends most of his free time with his family usually playing in the outdoors (on a bike).Scott Hubbard-Van StelleScott attended the University of Wisconsin in the pre-veterinary program before getting his degree as a certified veterinary technician from the Madison Area Technical College. He worked in a veterinary hospital for a small animal practitioner as a surgical nurse, followed by working for Raltech (now Covance) as a sample collection specialist. Scott started his career at the University of Wisconsin in 1980 when he took a position as a Veterinary Technician in the Veterinary Science Department (currently the department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences). After several years, he was promoted to Sr. Research Specialist. During his 19 years with the department, Scott set up the teachin

    Currently, there is a paucity of training material for experimental techniques in laboratory rodents, particularly audiovisual material. The manuals and accompanying DVDs will be of great interest to students, technicians, veterinarians, and investigators. Importantly, the straightforward approach taken in both the printed manual and DVD will be seen as an excellent tool for non-English speaking personnel.
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    Mark A. Suckow, DVM, Dipl. ACLAM, Director, Freimann Life Science Center, University of Notre Dame, & Past President of AALAS

    Persons (students of animal technology) can watch these videos to 'get the picture' and then practice with an experienced individual. It is a good refinement step of the 3Rs…. I will be very excited to have these manuals to use as training items with my students and as reference resources in our animal facility.
    -Bruce W. Kennedy, MS, RLATG, CMAR, Compliance Associate, Research & Graduate Studies, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, & Past President of AALAS