Laboratory animals
Animal Ethics SOPs for Laboratory animals (e.g. mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits)
Rodent SOPs - UQ AEC approved
Handling and general animal care
- LAB_003 Transportation of Laboratory Rodents (Expiry: November 2027)
- LAB_004 Packing Rodents for Issue and Export (Expiry: November 2027)
- LAB_005 Unpacking Recieved Rodents (Expiry: November 2027)
- LAB_006 Handling and Restraint in Mice and Neonates (Expiry: August 2026)
- LAB_022 UQBR Veterinary Care Program (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_039 Handling and Restraint in Rats and Rat Neonates (Expiry: July 2028)
Injections and administration of substances
- LAB_017 Injections - Subcutaneous (SC) Injection in Mice and Rats (Expiry: August 2026)
- LAB_021 Oral Gavage in Mice and Rats (Expiry: October 2028)
- LAB_026 Intranasal Delivery in Mice and Rats (Expiry: May 2028)
- LAB_027 Injections - Retro-Orbital Injection in Mice (Expiry: May 2027)
- LAB_028 Injections - Intra-peritoneal (IP) in Mice, Rats and Neonates (Expiry: May 2027)
- LAB_029 Injections - Intramuscular (IM) in Mice and Rats (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_030 Injections - Intravenous (IV) tail vein, in Mice and Rats (Expiry: May 2027)
- LAB_041 Injections - Intradermal in Mice and Rats (Expiry: May 2027)
- LAB_042 Injections - Intrahepatic in Neonates (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_049 Injections - Intra-gastric in Neonates (Expiry March 2026)
Blood collection
- LAB_013 Blood Collection – Tail Tip (Amputation) Bleed in Rats and Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_014 Blood Collection - Cardiac Bleed Mice and Rats (Expiry: August 2026)
- LAB_018 Blood Collection – Retro-orbital bleed in Mice (Expiry: May 2027)
- LAB_019 Blood Collection - Tail Bleed in Rats and Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_020 Blood Collection – Facial Bleed (Sub-Mandibular) in Mice (Expiry: October 2028)
- LAB_036 Blood Collection – Saphenous Vein in Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_037 Blood Collection – Pedal Vein in Bleed Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
Tissue collection and identification
LAB_104 Identification and Tissue Collection Methods in Mice and Rats (Expiry April 2028)
- LAB_023 Tissue Collection - Tail Tip in Mice and Rats (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_024 Tissue Collection – Ear Notching in Mice and Rats (Expiry: August 2028)
- LAB_038 Tissue Collection - Toeing in Mice and Rats (Expiry: December 2027)
- LAB_105 Tattoo Identification in Mice using the Labstamp (Expiry April 2028)
Euthanasia
LAB_100 Euthanasia Methods in Mice and Rats (Expiry: November 2027)
- LAB_007 Euthanasia - Cervical Disclocation in Mice and Rats (Expiry: May 2027)
- LAB_008 Euthanasia - Carbon Dioxide Asphyxiation in Mice and Rats (Expiry: September 2028)
- LAB_009 Euthanasia - Decapitation in Mice and Rats (Expiry: November 2027)
- LAB_010 Euthanasia - Hypothermia and Rapid Freezing in Mice and Rat Embryos and Neonates (Expiry: September 2028)
- LAB_011 Euthanasia - Lethal Injection in Mice and Rats (Expiry: November 2027)
- LAB_012 Euthanasia - Transcardial Perfusion in Mice and Rats (Expiry: July 2028)
Anaesthesia
- LAB_015 Rodent Anaesthesia- SomnoSuite Low-Flow Isoflurane in Mice (Expiry: September 2028)
- LAB_025 Rodent Anaesthesia - Injectable Agents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_060 Rodent Anaesthesia - Isoflurane (Expiry: March 2026)
Surgical techniques
- LAB_001 Aseptic Technique for Laboratory Animal Surgery (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_002 Clean Technique for Laboratory Animal Surgery (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_016 Steriotaxis Brain injections in mice and rats (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_040 Injections - Intra-femoral in Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_043 Microinjection and electroporation of embryonic mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_045 Microinjection and electroporation of postnatal mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_061 Awake Photothrombotic Stroke Induction (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_081 Chronic Cannula Implantation in the Brain (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_095 Rodent Vasectomy (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_096 Mammary Fat Pad Injections (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_097 Subcutaneous Implant Surgery (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_098 Subcutaneous (tumour) Implant Surgery (Expiry: February 2026)
- LAB_099 Mammary Fat Pad Tumour Resection Surgery (Expiry: February 2026)
Imaging
- LAB_031 Fluorescent_bioluminescence imaging of live rodents (Expiry: September 2028)
- LAB_032 MRI, CT, SPECT, and PET in Live Mice and Rats (Expiry: December 2027)
- LAB_033 General mouse setup using a cryoprobe bed at 9.4T (Expiry: December 2027)
- LAB_034 Use of Air Heating System for 9.4T MRI (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_035 General use of intravital microscopy (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_046 Stereotactic irradiation of live rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_047 X-ray imaging of live rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_052 Ultrasound imaging of live rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_053 NMR body composition analysis (Expiry: March 2026)
Behavioural testing
- LAB_062 Novel object or location recognition for rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_063 Rotarod test for rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_066 T or Y Maze Testing for Rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_068 Operant conditioning with positive reinforcement in rodents (Expiry: October 2025)
- LAB_070 Foot Fault/Balance Beam Test for Rodents (Expiry: October 2025)
- LAB_071 Grip strength test for rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_072 Open Field Test for Rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_073 Elevated Plus Maze Test for Rodents (Expiry March 2026)
- LAB_074 Novelty Suppressed Feeding (Expiry: October 2025)
- LAB_075 Tail Suspension Test for Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_077 Contextual and Cued fear conditioning in rodents (Expiry: September 2028)
- LAB_079 Active place avoidance (APA) for mice (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_080 Simplified SHIRPA for Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_084 Use of IntelliCage for Mice (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_085 Ultrasonic Vocalizations (USV) for Rodent Pups (Expiry: September 2028)
- LAB_086 Three-Chamber Sociability and Social Novelty Test for Rodents (Expiry: August 2028)
Miscellaneous
- LAB_050 Irradiation and Reconstitution in Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_051 Phenomaster (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_054 Non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurements on mice and rats (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_055 Hypoxia chamber use with laboratory rodents (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_056 Glucose Tolerance Test in Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_057 Insulin Tolerance Test in Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
- LAB_083 Use of Calo Treadmill in Mice (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_093 Urinary Catheter Insertion in Female Mice (Expiry: March 2026)
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