Main description:

Despite the fact that the majority of research animals are rodents, the trainers at the Research Animal Resources Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found training material on the proper handling of mice and rats in biomedical research to be limited. So, they developed videos, narratives, pictures, and text to teach common handling, injection, and bleeding techniques.

The resulting DVDs and supporting manuals are complete training resources and refreshers for lab animal veterinarians, veterinary technicians, animal care staff, trainers, and researchers working with mice and rats.

Each DVD Provides:

Narrated video clips that demonstrate and describe each procedural technique
Easy navigation to desired techniques, including handling/transfer, oral gavage, blood draw, restraint, injection, and ear notching and tagging

Each Manual Includes:

Full text narratives and procedural handouts with full-color illustrations of each technique included on the DVD-including purpose and application of the procedure, recommended skills, and necessary supplies
Supplementary chapters that provide normative data for the laboratory rat and mouse

Buy the set and save! Two Manuals and Two DVDs

Also available as individual volumes:

Laboratory Mouse Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD
Catalog no. K12294, November 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5042-8

Laboratory Rat Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD
Catalog no. K12295, November 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5044-2

Contents:

This Set Consists of Two Manuals and Two DVDs

Laboratory Mouse Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD (Catalog no. K12294)

Section I: DVD and Voice-Over: Disease Management
Mouse Handling/Transfer
Mouse Restraint
Oral Gavage
One-Handed Injection Technique
Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One person
Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection
Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
Maxillary Bleed
Pedal Vein Blood Draw
Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
Tail Vein Injection
Retro-Orbital Bleed: Anesthesia Required
Retro-Orbital Injections: Anesthesia Required
Ear Notching
Ear Tagging

Section II: Mouse Procedural Technique Handouts
Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection
Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection
Maxillary Bleed
Oral Gavage
Pedal Vein Blood Draw
Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
Retro-orbital Blood Draw
Retro-orbital Injection
Tail Vein Injection
Ear Notching/Punch & Ear Tags
The Mouse (Mus musculus) Class Outline: The Research Mouse
Normative Data
Research Animal Resources Center-Training Division: Normative Data for the Laboratory Mouse
Appendix: Blood Volume

Laboratory Rat Procedural Techniques: Manual and DVD (Catalog no. K12295)

Section I: DVD and Voice-Over: Disease Management
Rat Handling/Transfer
Rat Handling/Restraint
One-Handed Injection Technique
Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One-Person
Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: Two-person
Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection: One-Person Towel Method
Pedal Vein Blood Draw
Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
Oral Gavage
Jugular Bleed (Two-Person)
Tail Artery Blood Draw
Tail Vein Injection
Ear Notching
Ear Tagging

Section II: Rat Procedural Technique Handouts
Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection
Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection: Towel Method
Jugular Bleed
Oral Gavage
Pedal Vein Blood Draw
Saphenous Vein Blood Draw
Tail Artery Blood Draw
Tail Vein Injection
Ear Notch/Punch & Ear Tags
The Rat (Rattus norvegicus): The Research Rat
Research Animal Resources Center-Training Division: Normative Data for the Laboratory Rat
Appendix: Blood Volume