Laboratory animals
Animal Ethics SOPs for Laboratory animals (e.g. mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits)
UQBR SOPs (lab animals) - AEC approved
UQBR SOPs: Handling and general animal care
- LAB_003 Transportation of Laboratory Rodents (Expires November 2027)
- LAB_004 Packing Rodents for Issue and Export (Expires November 2027)
- LAB_005 Unpacking Recieved Rodents (Expires November 2027)
- LAB_006 Handling and Restraint in Mice and Neonates (Updated August 2023)
- LAB_022 UQBR Veterinary Care Program
- LAB_039 Handling and Restraint in Rats and Neonates (Expires December 2027)
UQBR SOPs: Injections and administration of substances
- LAB_017 Injections - Subcutaneous (SC) Injection in Mice and Rats (Updated August 2023)
- LAB_021 Oral Gavage in Mice and Rats
- LAB_026 Intranasal Delivery in Mice and Rats
- LAB_027 Injections - Retro-Orbital Injection in Mice (Expires May 2027) Updated
- LAB_028 Injections - Intra-peritoneal (IP) in Mice, Rats and Neonates (Expires May 2027) Updated
- LAB_029 Injections - Intramuscular (IM) in Mice and Rats
- LAB_030 Injections - Intravenous (IV) tail vein, in Mice and Rats (Expires May 2027) Updated
- LAB_041 Injections - Intradermal in Mice and Rats (Expires May 2027) Updated
- LAB_042 Injections - Intrahepatic in Neonates
- LAB_044 Injections – Tattooing in Neonates (Expires December 2024)
- LAB_049 Injections - Intra-gastric in Neonates
UQBR SOPs: Blood and tissue collection
- LAB_013 Blood Collection – Tail Tip (Amputation) Bleed in Rats and Mice
- LAB_014 Blood Collection - Cardiac Bleed Mice and Rats (Updated August 2023)
- LAB_018 Blood Collection – Retro-orbital bleed in Mice (Expires May 2027) Updated
- LAB_019 Blood Collection - Tail Bleed in Rats and Mice
- LAB_020 Blood Collection – Facial Bleed (Sub-Mandibular) in Mice
- LAB_023 Tissue Collection - Tail Tip in Mice and Rats (Expires December 2024)
- LAB_024 Tissue Collection – Ear Notching in Mice and Rats (Expires December 2024)
- LAB_036 Blood Collection – Saphenous Vein in Mice (Expires December 2024)
- LAB_037 Blood Collection – Pedal Vein in Bleed Mice (Expires December 2024)
- LAB_038 Tissue Collection - Toeing in Mice and Rats (Expires December 2027)
UQBR SOPs: Euthanasia
- LAB_007 Euthanasia - Cervical Disclocation in Mice and Rats (Expires May 2027) Updated
- LAB_008 Euthanasia - Carbon Dioxide Asphyxiation in Mice and Rats
- LAB_009 Euthanasia - Decapitation in Mice and Rats (Expires November 2027)
- LAB_010 Euthanasia – Embryos and Neonates of Mice and Rats
- LAB_011 Euthanasia - Lethal Injection in Mice and Rats (Expires November 2027)
- LAB_012 Euthanasia - Transcardial Perfusion in Mice and Rats
- LAB_100 Euthanasia Methods in Mice and Rats (Expires November 2027) New
UQBR SOPs: Anaesthesia
Surgical techniques
- LAB_001 Aseptic Technique for Laboratory Animal Surgery (Expires December 2024)
- LAB_002 Clean Technique for Laboratory Animal Surgery (Expires December 2024)
- LAB_016 Steriotaxis Brain injections in mice and rats (Expires January 2027) Updated
- LAB_040 Injections - Intra-femoral in Mice
- LAB_043 Microinjection and electroporation of embryonic mice
- LAB_045 Microinjection and electroporation of postnatal mice
- LAB_061 Awake Photothrombotic Stroke Induction (Expires January 2027) New
- LAB_081 Chronic Cannula Implantation in the Brain (Expires January 2027) New
- LAB_095 Rodent Vasectomy
- LAB_096 Mammary Fat Pad Injections
- LAB_097 Subcutaneous Implant Surgery
- LAB_098 Subcutaneous (tumour) Implant Surgery (Expires February 2026) New
- LAB_099 Mammary Fat Pad Tumour Resection Surgery (Expires February 2026) New
Imaging
- LAB_031 Fluorescent_bioluminescence imaging of live rodents
- LAB_032 MRI, CT, SPECT, and PET in Live Mice and Rats (Expires December 2027)
- LAB_033 General mouse setup using a cryoprobe bed at 9.4T (Expires December 2027)
- LAB_034 Use of Air Heating System for 9.4T MRI
- LAB_035 General use of intravital microscopy
- LAB_046 Stereotactic irradiation of live rodents
- LAB_047 X-ray imaging of live rodents
- LAB_052 Ultrasound imaging of live rodents
- LAB_053 NMR body composition analysis
Behavioural testing
- LAB_062 Novel object or location recognition for rodents
- LAB_063 Rotarod test for rodents
- LAB_066 T or Y Maze Testing for Rodents
- LAB_068 Operant conditioning with positive reinforcement in rodents
- LAB_070 Foot Fault/Balance Beam Test for Rodents
- LAB_071 Grip strength test for rodents
- LAB_072 Open Field Test for Rodents
- LAB_073 Elevated Plus Maze Test for Rodents
- LAB_074 Novelty Suppressed Feeding
- LAB_075 Tail Suspension Test for Mice
- LAB_077 Contextual and Cued fear conditioning in rodents
- LAB_079 Active place avoidance (APA) for mice (Expires January 2027) New
- LAB_080 Simplified SHIRPA for Mice
- LAB_084 Use of IntelliCage for Mice (Expires January 2027) New
Miscellaneous
- LAB_050 Irradiation and Reconstitution in Mice
- LAB_051 Phenomaster
- LAB_054 Non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurements on mice and rats
- LAB_055 Hypoxia chamber use with laboratory rodents
- LAB_056 Glucose Tolerance Test in Mice
- LAB_057 Insulin Tolerance Test in Mice
- LAB_083 Use of Calo Treadmill in Mice (Expires January 2027) New
- LAB_093 Urinary Catheter Insertion in Female Mice
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