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PubMed1978

Current status and future options for the development of laboratory animal technology and the training of laboratory animal technicians.

Laboratory animal technology has evolved into a specialised field of expertise which is associated with the production, care and use of laboratory animals in biomedical teaching and research. A survey of laboratory animal facilities and supporting personnel was undertaken to assess the uses of laboratory animals in relation to the administrative and technical staffing of animal facilities. The results of this study indicate that there is a need for training in laboratory animal science at both the technical and professional levels. Options for the development of formal training in laboratory animal technology are reviewed.

Academies and Institutes↗
PubMed1977

Use of laboratory animals in the teaching of emergency procedures.

The Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics uses animal laboratory sessions to train emergency medicine residents in manipulative skills. Certain animals realistically represent the human for these purposes and are delineated for various procedures. On the other hand, animal tissue characteristics and anatomical landmarks generally differ from those of humans. How procedures such as cricothyreotomy; tracheostomy, tube thoracostomy, thoractomy, cardiac repair, aortic cross clamping, venous cutdown, peritoneal lavage, abdominal stab wound exploration and laparotomy can be performed and must be modified is discussed. A rational procedural sequence is required to maintain the animal's vitality through the end of the session.

Anesthesia, General↗
PubMed1979

Bacteriological examination of a modern animal house containing small laboratory animals.

Floors and other areas totalling 1800 m2, comprising conventional and specified-pathogen-free (SPF) units, were screened bacteriologically 6 times in a year. The contamination indices observed were lower within than outside the units, and lower in the SPF than in the conventional unit. Bacterial counts in rooms containing animals in the conventional and SPF units were very similar. In all of the areas investigated within the units, most of the samples revealed less than 2 colony forming units per cm2. In contrast, high degrees of bacteriological contamination were detected in the changing rooms after showering or washing before entry. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the dominant bacterial species isolated. The bacteriological spectrum did not vary between the areas surveyed.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

[The Laboratory Animal Act (author's transl)].

The Laboratory Animal Act which was passed by the Second Chamber of Partiament in the Netherlands on June 1, 1976, is regarded as a Landmark in the care and management of laboratory animals, in previous years achieved on a voluntary basis. In addition to direct regulations for the protection of laboratory animals, the act includes standards to expert knowledge and skill, which have to be complied with by those taking part in experimental studies on animals, such as animal technicians, scientists who use the results of these experiments and specialists in laboratory animal science.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

The scope of a laboratory animal program needed at a veterinary school.

The discipline of laboratory animal medicine is one of the most rapidly expanding specialties within the veterinary profession. Veterinary schools should fully accept the responsibility for introductory instruction in laboratory animal medicine in the professional curriculum. Such instruction should articulate the varied opportunities that exist for the laboratory animal veterinarian within the biomedical research community, and provide an overview of the normal biological characteristics and pathologic conditions of the common laboratory animal species. In addition, the opportunity should exist within the veterinary school for graduate and undergraduate students utilizing experimental animals to receive a comprehensive introduction to laboratory animal biology, care, and management. Instructional responsibility for such courses should be accepted by faculty veterinarians with advanced training in laboratory animal medicine. Veterinarians with advanced training in this specialty are uniquely qualified to make substantial contributions to biomedical research by promoting the health and welfare of the research animal.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

Alphaxolone-alphadolone anaesthesia in laboratory animals.

The anaesthetic steroid combination alphaxolone-alphadolone is a well-established short-acting injectable agent for cats and primates. It can be recommended for intravenous administration to rats, rabbits, neonatal pigs, mice and hamsters. It has limited value in mice and hamsters by the intraperitoneal route, but provides sedation in ferrets and neonatal pigs when injected intramuscularly. It can be given repeatedly or continuously to maintain anaesthesia for long periods without the development of tolerance or cumulation.

Alfaxalone Alfadolone Mixture↗
PubMed1975

Vaccination against parainfluenza 1 virus (typus muris) infection in order to eradicate this virus in colonies of laboratory animals.

Parainfluenza 1 virus (typus muris), commonly known as Sendai virus, is still contaminating mouse colonies in Japan. This presents a serious problem to keep mouse colonies pathogen-free. It seems that the infection is spread by dust and the virus remains active a considerable time in the mouse breeding rooms after all mice are removed. In order to eradicate the infection of this virus, vaccination was attempted to inoculate newly born young mice successively for about six months and during and after these periods the movements of the infection were under observation. The vaccine used for this experiment was inactivated virus vaccine with mineral oil-Arlacel adjuvant. The induction of antibody level by the inoculation of this vaccine was evidenced to be very efficient and the duration of the immunity was also very satisfactory. However, after the cessation of the vaccination, the infection of the virus reappeared gradually after some period of temporary ease.

Animals↗
PubMed1975

Bacteriological quality control in laboratory animals.

For monitoring health status of conventional laboratory animals, weekly samples should be examined of at least 2-5% of animals of each room. Dissecting method, bacteriological cultural technique and different selective media have been described. The significance of microorganisms and their relation to clinical signs, mode of infection and animals affected have been summarised in tabulated form.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

Principles of care and management in a laboratory animal facility.

The keeping of animals in an enclosed area and their use for scientific work goes back to the beginning of the Christian era. This activity gradually developed into the specific science we know today. Principles of housing, animal care, equipment and management according to which, it is felt a modern animal facility should be designed, equipped and operated, are discussed.

Animal Husbandry↗
PubMed1975

Antibiograms of pathogenic bacteria isolated from laboratory animals.

Study of antibiotic sensitivity patterns of 178 bacterial isolants from laboratory animals revealed that these bacteria in general were sensitive to many commonly used antibiotics; however, there were notable exceptions. This report presents current antibiotic sensitivity patterns of most gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial pathogens common to laboratory animals.

Ampicillin↗
PubMed1978

The Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) as a laboratory animal.

The use of the Japanese quail as a laboratory animal was first reported in 1959. Since then this species has been increasingly used as an avian model for biomedical research. A quail colony was recently established in the Dental Research Institute to provide adult birds for teratogenicity and toxicity studies. These birds are not widely used for biological research in South Africa at present. The housing, husbandry, breeding and nutrition of this species is described, together with the biomethodology which is applicable to this species.

Animal Husbandry↗
PubMed1978

A new form of automatic watering system for laboratory animals.

During a 2 1/2 year trial of this new system no algal or bacterial build-up occurred, and filters were changed only at infrequent intervals. Among the labour-saving advantages of it is that cleaning of the system can be done when cage racks are changed, normally monthly.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

Indirect hemagglutination test for detection of antibody to Rickettsia rickettsii in sera from humans and common laboratory animals.

Antibody production in humans and three species of laboratory animals infected with Rickettsia rickettsii was determined with the indirect hemagglutination test. Rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice were inoculated with R. rickettsii and bled at intervals. Antibody which agglutinated both fresh and glutaraldehyde-fixed sheep erythrocytes sensitized with antigen prepared either from purified rickettsiae or from infected yolk sacs was found in rabbit sera at all intervals tested (10 to 59 days postinfection). Antibody which agglutinated fresh but not glutaraldehyde-fixed erythrocytes sensitized with either of the above antigens was detected in guinea pig sera obtained 7, 14, and 28 days postinfection. Antibody was found in mice inoculated with 5.6 x 10(6) plaque-forming units of R. rickettsii but not in mice given 5.6 x 10(2) plaque-forming units. Peak indirect hemagglutination titers occurred in nonvaccinated human Rocky Mountain spotted fever patients about 3 weeks after onset of illness, and antibody was still detectable after 1 year. Both human immunoglobulin G and human immunoglobulin M antibodies agglutinated sensitized cells, but immunoglobulin M antibodies apparently were more efficient. The indirect hemagglutination test is useful for the titration of human, rabbit, guinea pig, and mouse antibodies when the appropriate erythrocytes are used.

Animals↗