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Lab Animals: The science and technology dealing with the procurement, breeding, care, health, and selection of animals used in biomedical research and testing.
FEB 05, 2015 | 9:00 AM
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Recent advances in anesthesia, monitoring, pain assessment and analgesia provide many opportunities for improving the quality of our in vivo scientific data, and promoting high standards of a...
FEB 05, 2015 | 7:30 AM
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Fish are vertebrates but they are physiologically and psychologically different from mammals. This presentation will try to explain their differences from mammals and the different aspects t...
FEB 05, 2015 | 7:30 AM
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An anesthesia system designed to accommodate the physiological characteristics of small animals, including rats and mice, has the potential to provide great practical value to the life scienc...
FEB 05, 2015 | 6:00 AM
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Many researchers are not aware of the critical importance of genetic background of mice, including the concept of inbred substrains, and how the genetic background of substrains can impact th...
FEB 05, 2015 | 6:00 AM
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Laboratory animal surgical models are instrumental in biomedical research; therefore establishing healthy defined animal models is crucial to this research. Surgical procedures produce metab...
FEB 04, 2015 | 1:30 PM
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The field of surgical research has been growing rapidly with the development of new surgical and disease models. An extremely important and often overlooked aspect of creating these models is...
FEB 04, 2015 | 12:00 PM
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In Chile, the regulatory context regarding animal use in research is very poor. A legal framework for Animal Care and Use Committees is practically nonexistent. Also, the chilean culture play...
FEB 04, 2015 | 10:30 AM
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It is the often-ignored simple tips in rodent surgery that make the difference and help minimize postoperative complications and mortality. The presenter will use his years of experience to...
FEB 04, 2015 | 9:00 AM
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Some commonly accepted principles of biosafety include the strict adherence to standard laboratory practices and techniques, the use of safety equipment such as primary barriers and personal...
FEB 04, 2015 | 7:30 AM
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The transportation of laboratory animals is a critical step in obtaining the proper strain of animal that best fits the researchers needs. Animal Extremist groups have made this transportati...
FEB 04, 2015 | 7:30 AM
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During my presentation, we will discuss:- Normal patterns of behavior (repertoire): social, food intake, territorial, agonistic, anti-predation, sleep and rest, play behavior, grooming, sex...
FEB 04, 2015 | 6:00 AM
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Adherence to strict aseptic technique is vital to all types of animal models requiring surgical intervention from both scientific and welfare perspectives. Training of both new and experience...
FEB 04, 2015 | 6:00 AM
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Soiled-bedding sentinels are not always efficient in detecting pathogens in rodent colonies. In this context, PCR-based testing can be more sensitive and is being advocated as adjunct to trad...
NOV 12, 2014 | 8:00 AM
Dr. Oliver Kepp will be presenting on:Immunogenic cell death fingerprinting utilizing a high-throughput screening approachThe strategy of immunogenic cell death fingerprinting has been design...
AUG 21, 2014 | 8:45 AM
Gene therapy for two forms of inherited retinal degeneration have met promising safety and efficacy endpoints in early stage clinical trials. These approaches made use of a replication defect...
