Course Description
Management of a research animal program, including animal facility design, operation, inspection, equipment, quality assurance; information resources and organizations; occupational health and safety; containment, barrier, health surveillance; laws, regulations; fiscal management; societal issues; disaster planning; animal procurement, identification, and husbandry; and personnel management.
Athena Title
Mgmt Research Animal Programs
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. To be knowledgeable in the design, operation, inspection, equipment, and quality assurance methods of animal facilities. 2. To be knowledgeable in research animal organizations and information resources. 3. To be knowledgeable in expansive programs such as occupational health and safety and disaster planning. 4. To be knowledgeable in the methods of health surveillance, containment, and barrier as they relate to laboratory animal or researched diseases. 5. To be knowledgeable in the laws and regulations which pertain to the use of animals in research, teaching, and testing. 6. To be knowledgeable in the basics of fiscal and personnel management. 7. To be knowledgeable in the proper procurement, identification, and husbandry of animals. 8. To be knowledgeable in societal issues regarding animal research.
Topical Outline
1. Quality assurance, pest control, inspection, mechanical systems, security systems, environmental monitoring, support services. 2. Research animal organizations and information resources such as AAALAC, AALAS, ACLAM, NABR, ARENA, AWIC, ILAR. 3. Occupational health and safety programs, disaster response planning and implementation. 4. Principles of pathogen control, such as containment, barrier, biosafety levels, decontamination, quarantine, and health surveillance. 5. Regulations, laws, and agencies governing or involved with animal use in research, teaching, and testing, such as PHS Policy, OLAW, USDA, AWA, The Guide, CDC, EPA, FDA, DEA. 6. Basics of fiscal management such as cost analysis and per diems; basics of personnel management such as evaluation and certification. 7. The movement and care of animals, including their procurement, breeding, transportation, housing, husbandry, identification, and disposition. 8. Societal issues regarding animal research, including animal welfare, ethics, animal rights, and public relations.