10091123Laboratory Animal Science 1
Course Information
Description
This course includes the history of laboratory animal technology and laboratory animal uses. Emphasizes the Animal Welfare Act and other regulations pertaining to the care of laboratory animals. Covers laboratory animal husbandry in depth as students provide care and treatment for a colony of laboratory animals.
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies
  1. Explore biomedical research and product safety testing
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  2. Explore regulations, such as the Animal Welfare Act, that guide animal use in biomedical research
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  3. Describe the role of the laboratory animal technician in providing humane care of animals
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  4. Implement humane animal care and management practices
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  5. Administer medications to a variety of animal species via common sites and routes of administration:  mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, reptiles, amphibians and non-human primates for both biomedical research and veterinary clinical settings
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  6. Collect commonly needed samples from a variety of animal species via common routes and methods of collection:  mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, reptiles, amphibians and non-human primates for both biomedical research and veterinary clinical settings
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  7. Explore the macroenvironment and microenvironment requirements for animals housed in research facilities and as companion animals.
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  8. Explore sanitation methods, disinfection techniques, and disease control measures utilized in research facilities
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  9. Determine the nutritional requirements of laboratory animals
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  10. Explore animal breeding, genetics, and heredity
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed Submit assignments on time Interact with peers and instructor
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

  11. Maintain a small, healthy, reproductive colony of laboratory animals.
    Criteria
    Participate weekly as instructed
    Submit assignments on time
    Interact with peers and instructor

This Outline is under development.