Lab Animal Clinical Management

1. Identify organizations involved in laboratory animal science and the animal welfare movement as well as regulations controlling animal use.
   1. List the cage types commonly used.
2. Describe how a consistent environment is maintained in facility rooms and animal cages
   1. Describe the principles of sanitation and sterilization and the basic steps involved in each.
   2. Demonstrate proper handling, restraint, medicating, and sexing of common laboratory animals and caged birds. Obtain blood samples from multiple species. Administer injections.
   3. Demonstrate familiarity with anesthetics commonly used in lab animal and caged bird medicine. Accurately calculate drug dosages
   4. Define basic of nutrition.
   5. Identify the basic concepts of heredity and genetics and commonly used breeding systems
3. Recognize the common signs of systemic disease
   1. Analyze factors involved in causing, transmitting and preventing disease.

Student Responsibilities:

•           Each student will spend at least 7 hours per week studying course materials.

•           Students will arrive on time to all lecture and lab periods and will remain until the lecture and lab sections are over.

•           Students are expected to attend all lectures and labs. Exceptions will be made for illness and family emergencies at the instructor’s discretion, providing the student has called to advise Angela Culp LVT of the expected absence. Any absence not approved by Angela Culp LVT will be considered unexcused. More than 5 absences, regardless of reason, will result in the student receiving a failing grade in the class. Please note: no student will enter the classroom once the door has been closed. Therefore, a late arrival will constitute an absence. Similarly, a departure from lab, prior to class being excused, will be considered an absence.

•           Make-up exams will be given, upon request by the student, on the first day of return to class. Note: It is the student’s responsibility to request the make-up. Only one make-up will be allowed per semester.

•           Assignments will not be accepted after the due date.

•           Any missed laboratory must be made up by student arrangement

•           Students must turn off all telecommunication devices upon arrival to class a place them in a purse or backpack; setting a phone on vibrate does not constitute turning it off.

•           Any student discovered with a cell phone in use during any examination will automatically receive a zero on that exam and may be dropped from the class. No exceptions.

•           Reading assignments are to be completed before the subsequent lecture or laboratory period.

•           No food or drink in ASC lab but a closed drink will be allowed at facility to hydrate.

•           No smoking on Weatherford Campus or Veterinary Facilities.