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Explore the history and issues of using animals in research
Assessment Strategies
Written Product
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Explore Regulations and Guidelines that guide animal use in biomedical research
Assessment Strategies
Test
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Explore the macroenvironment and microenvironment requirements for animals housed in a research facility
Assessment Strategies
Test, written product
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Explore sanitation methods, disinfection techniques, and disease control measures utilized in a research facility
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration
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Determine the nutritional requirements of laboratory animals
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration
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Explore animal breeding, genetics and heredity
Assessment Strategies
Virtual mouse breeding project, Written Product
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Explore careers available in animal research
Assessment Strategies
Test
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Maintain a small, healthy, reproductive colony of research animals
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration - handling, restraint, and manipulation skills during colony management, Lab Project Written Product
Criteria
Follow Standard Operating Procedures given in the project protocol
Lap project constructs and maintains a healthy, reproductively successful colony of rodents
Perform daily animal care until the lab project is terminated
Perform daily recordkeeping until the lab project is terminated
Outline the factors used in designing an animal facility
Explain how animal macro-environmental parameters impact animal health
Distinguish various types of animal caging and their uses
Define the terms commonly used in sanitizing animal cages, equipment, and facilities
Micro-environment successfully provides prolonged housing of rodents
Compare selected types of mating systems
House a colony of mice for a prolonged period
Perform basic animal care and husbandry to maintain reproductively successful mini-colony of mice
Describe the stages of the estrous cycle
Compare the reproductive parameters of the various laboratory animal species (type of estrous cycle, estrous cycle length, estrus duration, gestational length)
Define selected genetic terms
Outline the principles of Mendelian genetics
Demonstrate the use of Punnett squares in predicting various genetic characteristics
Define selected disease terminology
List the sources of animal disease
Explain the methods of disease transmission and prevention
Perform daily observations on an animal colony
Distinguish normal, healthy animals from those with signs of disease
Outline selected diseases of various animal species
Analyze compiled data associated with the maintenance of animal colonies
Define humane euthanasia
Identify various methods of humane euthanasia acceptable to the AVMA for selected laboratory species
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Demonstrate effective handling and restraint skills utilized with rodents in rabbits
Assessment Strategies
Quiz, Exam, Skill demonstration in lab
Criteria
Complete lab practicals in 25 minutes or less
Handle rodents and rabbits
Restrain rodents and rabbits
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Administer compounds to laboratory animals via common sites and routes of administration
Assessment Strategies
Quiz, Exam, Skill demonstration in lab
Criteria
Identify the parts of needles and syringes used for injection
Demonstrate the correct set-up and manipulation of needles and syringes (filling, aspiration, delivery, and disposal)
Calculate pharmaceutical doses
Differentiate various route of compound administration
Perform parenteral administration of injectable compounds, including SQ, IM, ID, IV, & IP
Perform oral administration of compounds for selected species
Differentiate between tranquilization, sedation, and anesthesia
Participate in the demonstration of anesthesia by anesthetizing and monitoring an animal from induction through recovery
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Collect commonly needed specimens from laboratory animals via common sites and methods of collection
Assessment Strategies
Quiz, Exam, and/or Skill Demonstration in lab
Criteria
Recognize the common routes of blood collection for various laboratory animal species
Collect blood by performing the proper technique for each of the selected laboratory animal species
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Determine sex of rodents and rabbits
Assessment Strategies
Exam, Quiz, and/or Skill demonstration in lab
Criteria
Identify male rodents and rabbits by observing anatomical structures
Identify female rodents and rabbits by observing anatomical structures