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Apr 27, 2024
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2021 - 2022 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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VETS 422 - Breeding Colony Mgt & Disease Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Laboratory Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): None
Restriction(s): Restricted to students enrolled in the BS Veterinary Technology major or permission of instructor.
Corequisite(s): None
Breeding Colony Management and Disease: This course builds on the introductory rodent techniques with a special focus on genetics, breeding schemes\techniques, colony logistics and specialized care\husbandry for rodent breeding colonies. Students completing this course will have a solid foundation in laboratory animal production, preparing them for upper-level technical jobs and AALAS Technician Certification at the LAT level.
Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:
- Successfully operate as breeding colony technicians to care for and ensure future of rodent colonies
- Understand the need for regulatory consult as it applies to rodent breeding colony care and operation
- Successfully carry out the husbandry and care needed to keep animals healthy and cared for
- Plan logistics and anticipate colony needs based on biological data for each species housed
- Decipher best breeding scheme for animals housed and anticipated colony growth
- Under minimal supervision, administer forms for temporary and permanent identification methods to colony animals
- Establish and maintain breeder paperwork and record management system
- Perform breeder specific documentation on breeder records and cage cards
- Choose the appropriate genetic\breeding technologies and understand their use\need in different situations
- Identify colony needs and make logical suggestions for improvement
- Collect and analyze vaginal cytology samples to assist with timed-matings
- Able to assess animal health, create differential diagnosis list, and work through available resources to identify and eliminate pathogens within the colony
- Carry out necessary colony health monitoring procedures, through the use of sentinels. Rotate sentinel animals, collect samples at required intervals and interpret results.
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