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 Managing Adverse Health Events (Expiry: March 2029)
- 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_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: May 2028)
Blood collection
- LAB_013 Blood Collection – Tail Tip (Amputation) Bleed in Rats and Mice (Expiry: March 2029)
- 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: February 2029)
- LAB_020 Blood Collection – Facial Bleed (Sub-Mandibular) in Mice (Expiry: October 2028)
- LAB_036 Blood Collection – Saphenous Vein in Mice (Expiry: February 2029)
Tissue collection and identification
Overarching SOP
Individual techniques
- 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
Overarching SOP
Individual techniques
- 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_060 Rodent Anaesthesia - Isoflurane (Expiry: March 2029)
Surgical techniques
- LAB_001 Aseptic Technique for Laboratory Animal Surgery (Expiry: November 2028)
- LAB_002 Clean Technique for Laboratory Animal Surgery (Expiry: November 2028)
- LAB_016 Steriotaxis Brain injections in mice and rats (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_061 Awake Photothrombotic Stroke Induction (Expiry: January 2027)
- LAB_081 Chronic Cannula Implantation in the Brain (Expiry: January 2027)
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: February 2028)
Behavioural testing
- LAB_077 Contextual and Cued fear conditioning in rodents (Expiry: September 2028)
- LAB_079 Active place avoidance (APA) for mice (Expiry: January 2027)
- 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
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