Design and Oversight of Laboratory Animal Facilities

2016 ◽  
pp. 7-27
Author(s):  
Dag Sørensen ◽  
Heinz Brandstetter ◽  
Nikolaos Kostomitsopoulos ◽  
Richard Fosse
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Animal

Laboratory Animal Research Centre (Larc) “A Specific Pathogen Free Rodent Facility” - Covid – 19 Pandemic Response Plan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muralitharan Shanmugakonar ◽  
Vijay Kanth Govindharajan ◽  
Kavitha Varadharajan ◽  
Hamda Al-Naemi
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Animal ◽  
Animal Research ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Functional Requirement ◽  
Specific Pathogen Free ◽  
Specific Pathogen ◽  
Response Plan ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
Operational Plan

Laboratory Animal Research Centre (LARC) has developed an early emergency operational plan for COVID-19 pandemic situation. Biosafety and biosecurity measures were planned and implemented ahead of time to check the functional requirement to prevent the infection. Identified necessary support for IT, transport, procurement, finance, admin and research to make the operations remotely and successfully.

Learning organizations and animal care programs in the absence of appropriate national legislation

2021 ◽  
pp. 002367722110192
Author(s):  
Lazara Martínez-Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Laboratory Animal ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Animal Science ◽  
Five Disciplines ◽  
Research Facilities ◽  
Animal Care ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Working Method

The absence, in many nations, of appropriate and corresponding legislation for the protection of experimental animals as well as continual management education programs, significantly affects the inclusion and recognition of experimental results, worldwide. For more than a decade, researchers from Latin American countries have unsuccessfully struggled to get proper legislation. Until today, not many effective results have been seen. After reviewing previous literature and carefully analyzing the available methodologies and practical examples, this paper aims at redesigning the actions and strategies of the members of the research facilities to implement an effective laboratory animal care and use program, and permit the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) accreditation, independent of national legislative network .This paper also suggests a domestic working method for the teamwork to assume international harmonized legislation, through the application of the Five Disciplines stated by Senge, as methodological process linked with laboratory animal science as scientific background.

scholarly journals Anaesthesia of laboratory, aquaculture and ornamental fish: Proceedings of the first LASA-FVS Symposium

2021 ◽  
pp. 002367722199840
Author(s):  
Paul Schroeder ◽  
Richard Lloyd ◽  
Robin McKimm ◽  
Matthijs Metselaar ◽  
Jorge Navarro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Animal ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Ornamental Fish ◽  
Animal Science ◽  
Annual Fish ◽  
Physical Methods ◽  
Aquarium Fish ◽  
Research Facilities ◽  
Administration Methods ◽  
Science Association

Following on from the Annual Fish Veterinary Society Conference, this symposium was organised with the Laboratory Animal Science Association and brought together experts from ornamental (pond and aquarium) fish practice, aquaculture and aquatic-research facilities to discuss good practice of anaesthesia. This proceedings paper gives an overview of relevant experiences involving a range of immersion drugs including tricaine, benzocaine and isoeugenol, as well as a summary of the main topics of discussion. While fish anaesthesia is commonplace, administration methods, drugs and monitoring procedures may often be regarded as antiquated when compared with mammalian practice. These limitations notwithstanding, individual fish will benefit from good anaesthetic monitoring. Although the most common anaesthetic drugs may be perceived as equally efficacious and therefore interchangeable for different settings, challenges are different for the anaesthesia of grouped fish, when determining species-dependent anaesthetic dosing in a multi-species tank, or adapting to farming requirements, nationally licensed products, costs and withdrawal periods. The fish anaesthetic arsenal fails to address premedication, analgesia and issues of averseness. The two latter factors should be part of the evaluation of anaesthetic protocols; therefore, instructions for the analgesic provision of lidocaine to fin clipped zebrafish are proposed. Euthanasia practices could sometimes be refined too. Alternative physical methods such as electrical stunning are options to be considered.

Serial Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurements in the Assessment of Laboratory Animal Allergy

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. Hewitt ◽  
Andrew D. Smith ◽  
Jan O. Cowan ◽  
John C. Schofield ◽  
G. Peter Herbison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Laboratory Animal ◽  
Exhaled Nitric Oxide ◽  
Laboratory Animal Allergy ◽  
Animal Allergy
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