Training

Basic Handling of Mice and Rats and Common Procedures Training is available for Investigators and their Staff. Please contact our Training Coordinator for details or to schedule a session.

A wide variety of training opportunities are available through the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources. Our staff has experience in the care and handling of most common laboratory animal species and is only too happy to assist you and your staff. Individual and group sessions may be scheduled and requests should be made to the DLAR training coordinator or veterinary staff. Technical assistance may be obtained from our research analyst by contacting our Experimental Surgery coordinator.

In addition to our library, consisting of printed materials, CD's and DVD's, individual and group session training, technical services through our research analysts, and veterinary consultations, there are a number of self-paced training modules available on the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) Learning Library and the University of Kentucky eLearning Blackboard system.

PowerPoint presetation now available: Micro-Isolator Technique

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The University of Kentucky Environmental Health and Safety provides numerous on-line training modules in Biosafety and other areas that may be of benefit to our researchers and their staff. Please take a few minutes to review the list to see if the modules are applicable to your work. They can be found at the link provided here. Training from Environmental Heath and Safety. The Institutional Biosafety Committee information may be found at this web site IBC. You will find them list at the lower left hand corner of this page. Should you need additional information on biosafety, we have included a link to the Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition published by the Centers for Disease Control for your convenience.